2001 in Mexico

Events in the year 2001 in Mexico.

Federal government

 * President: Vicente Fox


 * Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Santiago Creel
 * Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Jorge Castañeda Gutman
 * Communications Secretary (SCT): Pedro Cerisola
 * Education Secretary (SEP): Reyes Tamez
 * Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Gerardo Clemente Vega
 * Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Marco Antonio Peyrot González
 * Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): José Carlos María Abascal Carranza
 * Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL): Josefina Vázquez Mota
 * Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Leticia Navarro
 * Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Víctor Lichtinger
 * Secretary of Health (SALUD): Julio Frenk
 * Attorney General of Mexico (PRG): Rafael Macedo de la Concha

Supreme Court

 * President of the Supreme Court: Genaro David Góngora Pimentel

Governors

 * Aguascalientes: Felipe González González
 * Baja California
 * Alejandro González Alcocer, until October 31.
 * Eugenio Elorduy Walther, starting November 1.
 * Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota Montaño
 * Campeche: José Antonio González Curi
 * Chiapas: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía
 * Chihuahua: Patricio Martínez García
 * Coahuila: Enrique Martínez y Martínez
 * Colima: Fernando Moreno Peña
 * Durango: Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier
 * Guanajuato: Juan Carlos Romero Hicks
 * Guerrero: René Juárez Cisneros
 * Hidalgo: Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto
 * Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas
 * State of Mexico: Arturo Montiel
 * Michoacán: Víctor Manuel Tinoco Rubí
 * Morelos: Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez.
 * Nayarit: Antonio Echevarría Domínguez
 * Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond
 * Oaxaca: José Murat Casab
 * Puebla: Melquíades Morales
 * Querétaro: Ignacio Loyola Vera
 * Quintana Roo: Joaquín Hendricks Díaz
 * San Luis Potosí: Fernando Silva Nieto
 * Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán
 * Sonora: Armando López Nogales
 * Tabasco: Enrique Priego Oropeza, acting governor January 1-December 31
 * Tamaulipas: Tomás Yarrington
 * Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya
 * Veracruz: Miguel Alemán Velasco
 * Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco
 * Zacatecas: Ricardo Monreal
 * Head of Government of the Federal District: Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Events

 * Pemexgate is uncovered.
 * April 29: The Guadalajara Mexico Temple is opened in Mexico City.
 * September 28: Nuestra Belleza México 2001
 * November 22: The Mexican Council on Foreign Relations is established

Awards

 * Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor	– José Ezequiel Iturriaga Sauco
 * Order of the Aztec Eagle
 * National Prize for Arts and Sciences
 * National Public Administration Prize
 * Ohtli Award
 * Marco Antonio Firebaugh
 * Raúl Héctor Castro
 * Carlos Cortez
 * Enrique Moreno
 * Cecilia Muñoz

Births

 * January 17 - Angie Vazquez, Mexican singer, and banded from Vazquez Sounds.
 * August 24 – Mildred Maldonado, rhythmic gymnast

Deaths

 * June 3 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor, painter, writer, and film director (b. 1915)

Hurricanes

 * August 14–22: Tropical Storm Chantal (2001)
 * September 21 – October 3: Hurricane Juliette (2001)
 * October 4–9: Hurricane Iris

Film

 * List of Mexican films of 2001

Sport

 * Primera División de México Verano 2001
 * Primera División de México Invierno 2001
 * Mexico loses 2001 Copa América final to Colombia
 * Sin Piedad (2001)
 * Juicio Final (2001)
 * 2001 Centrobasket is held in Toluca,
 * Estudiantes de Altamira and Estudiantes de Xalapa are founded.