2004 in Mexico

This is a list of events that happened in 2004 in Mexico.

Federal government

 * President: Vicente Fox


 * Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Santiago Creel
 * Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Luis Ernesto Derbez
 * 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): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres
 * Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Alberto Cárdenas
 * Secretary of Health (SALUD): Julio Frenk
 * Attorney General of Mexico (PRG): Rafael Macedo de la Concha

Supreme Court

 * President of the Supreme Court: Mariano Azuela Güitrón

Governors

 * Aguascalientes
 * Felipe González González, until August 25
 * Juan José León Rubio, Interim governor, August 25–November 30
 * Luis Armando Reynoso, starting December 1
 * Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther
 * Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota Montaño
 * Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez
 * Chiapas: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía
 * Chihuahua
 * Patricio Martínez García, until October 3
 * José Reyes Baeza Terrazas, starting October 4
 * Coahuila: Enrique Martínez y Martínez
 * Colima: Gustavo Vázquez Montes, starting January 1
 * Durango
 * Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier, until September 14
 * Ismael Hernández, starting September 15
 * Guanajuato: Juan Carlos Romero Hicks
 * Guerrero: René Juárez Cisneros
 * Hidalgo: Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto
 * Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas
 * State of Mexico: Arturo Montiel
 * Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel
 * Morelos: Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez
 * Nayarit: Antonio Echevarría Domínguez
 * Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond
 * Oaxaca
 * José Murat Casab, until November 30
 * Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, starting December 1
 * Puebla: Melquíades Morales
 * Querétaro
 * Ignacio Loyola Vera, until September 30
 * Francisco Garrido Patrón, starting October 1
 * Quintana Roo: Joaquín Hendricks Díaz
 * San Luis Potosí
 * Fernando Silva Nieto, until September 25
 * Jesús Marcelo de los Santos, starting September 26
 * Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán, until December 31
 * Sonora: Eduardo Bours
 * Tabasco: Manuel Andrade Díaz, starting January 1
 * Tamaulipas: Tomás Yarrington
 * Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya
 * Veracruz
 * Miguel Alemán Velasco, until November 30
 * Fidel Herrera Beltrán, starting December 1
 * Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco
 * Zacatecas
 * Ricardo Monreal, until September 11
 * Amalia García, starting September 12
 * Head of Government of the Federal District: Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Events

 * Videoscandals
 * The Desafuero of Manuel López Obrador
 * The Vallarta Botanical Gardens are founded.
 * The new Museo Estatal de Arte Popular de Oaxaca gets inaugurated.
 * The National Institute of Genomic Medicine INMEGEN is founded.
 * January 12–13: Monterrey Special Summit of the Americas
 * March 30: Ariel Award ceremony at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
 * April 30: the Avena case is decided.
 * May 13: 2004 Mexican UFO incident
 * May 23: The Comando Jaramillista Morelense 23 de Mayo bomb 3 banks in Cuernavaca, Morelos,
 * September 10–20: Hurricane Javier (2004)
 * September 11: Nuestra Belleza México 2004
 * December 26: 3 Mexicans are among the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Elections

 * 2004 Chihuahua state election
 * 2004 Durango state election
 * 2004 Oaxaca state election
 * 2004 Zacatecas state election

Awards

 * Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor	- Carlos Canseco González
 * Order of the Aztec Eagle
 * National Prize for Arts and Sciences
 * National Public Administration Prize
 * Ohtli Award
 * Nancy "Rusty" Barceló
 * Bob Menedez

Sport

 * Primera División de México Clausura 2004
 * Primera División de México Apertura 2004
 * 2004 InterLiga
 * 2004 Desafío Corona season
 * 2004 Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate
 * Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (2004)
 * Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics
 * Mexico at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
 * 2004 World Karate Championships in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
 * 2004 Mexican Figure Skating Championships
 * 2004 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Mexicali and Tijuana, Baja California.
 * 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tijuana.
 * 2004 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics in Coatzacoalcos
 * The Bravos de Nuevo Laredo, Búhos de Hermosillo, Vaqueros de Ixtlan CF and the Azucareros de Tezonapa are founded.

Deaths

 * February 17 – José López Portillo, 51st President of Mexico 1976-1982 (b. 1920)
 * August 18 — Víctor Cervera Pacheco, politician (PRI); Governor of Yucatán 1984–1988 and 1995–2001 (b. 1936)