2006 in Mexico

This is a list of events that happened in 2006 in Mexico.

President

 * President
 * Vicente Fox, until November 30
 * Felipe Calderón, starting December 1

Cabinet

 * Interior Secretary (SEGOB)
 * Santiago Creel, until November 30
 * Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña, starting December 1
 * Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE)
 * Luis Ernesto Derbez, until November 30
 * Patricia Espinosa, starting December 1
 * Communications Secretary (SCT)
 * Pedro Cerisola, until November 30
 * Luis Téllez, starting December 1
 * Education Secretary (SEP)
 * Reyes Tamez, until November 30
 * Josefina Vázquez Mota, starting December 1
 * Secretary of Defense (SEDENA)
 * Gerardo Clemente Vega, until November 30
 * Guillermo Galván Galván, starting December 1
 * Secretary of Navy (SEMAR)
 * Marco Antonio Peyrot González, until November 30
 * Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza, starting December 1
 * Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS)
 * Francisco Javier Salazar Sáenz, until November 30
 * Javier Lozano Alarcón, starting December 1
 * Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL)
 * Josefina Vázquez Mota, until November 30
 * Beatriz Zavala, starting December 1
 * Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres
 * Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT)
 * José Luis Luege Tamargo, until November 30
 * Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, starting December 1
 * Secretary of Health (SALUD)
 * Julio Frenk, until November 30
 * José Ángel Córdova, starting December 1
 * Secretary of Public Security (SSP)
 * Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, until November 30
 * Genaro García Luna, starting December 1
 * Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP)
 * Francisco Gil Díaz, until November 30
 * Agustín Carstens, starting December 1
 * Secretariat of Energy (Mexico) (SENER): Georgina Yamilet Kessel Martínez, starting December 1
 * Secretary of Agriculture (SAGARPA): Alberto Cárdenas, starting December 1
 * Secretary of Public Function (FUNCIÓN PÚBLICA): German Martínez Cázares, starting December 1
 * Secretary of Agrarian Reform (SRA): Germán Martínez, starting December 1
 * Attorney General of Mexico (PRG)
 * Daniel Cabeza de Vaca, until November 30
 * Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, starting December 1

Supreme Court

 * President of the Supreme Court: Mariano Azuela Güitrón

Governors

 * Aguascalientes: Luis Armando Reynoso
 * Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther
 * Baja California Sur: Narciso Agúndez Montaño
 * Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez
 * Chiapas
 * Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía, until December 7
 * Juan Sabines Guerrero, (Coalition for the Good of All), starting December 8
 * Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas
 * Coahuila: Humberto Moreira
 * Colima: Gustavo Vázquez Montes
 * Durango: Ismael Hernández
 * Guanajuato
 * Juan Carlos Romero Hicks, until September 25
 * Juan Manuel Oliva, starting September 26
 * Guerrero: Zeferino Torreblanca
 * Hidalgo: Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong
 * Jalisco
 * Alberto Cárdenas, until November 20
 * Gerardo Solís Gómez, substitute governor
 * State of Mexico: Enrique Peña Nieto
 * Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel
 * Morelos
 * Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez, until October 1.
 * Marco Antonio Adame, starting October 1.
 * Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez
 * Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond
 * Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz
 * Puebla: Mario Plutarco Marín Torres
 * Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón
 * Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto
 * San Luis Potosí: Jesús Marcelo de los Santos
 * Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán, until December 31
 * Sonora: Eduardo Bours
 * Tabasco: Manuel Andrade Díaz, until December 31
 * Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores
 * Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya
 * Veracruz: Fidel Herrera Beltrán
 * Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco
 * Zacatecas: Amalia García
 * Head of Government of the Federal District
 * Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez, until December 4
 * Marcelo Ebrard, starting December 5

Events

 * The Broad Progressive Front is founded
 * The Garros Galería is established.
 * The Televisa Law is approved.
 * The Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve is declared by the UNESCO in Morelos.
 * The Biosphere Reserve of Huatulco is declared by the UNESCO in Oaxaca.
 * January: The Other Campaign
 * January 25: Juana Barraza is apprehended.
 * February 4: Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel and Towers incident.
 * February 19: Pasta de Conchos mine disaster
 * March: Santiago Mexquititlán raid
 * April 10: 2006 Mexico DC-9 drug bust
 * April 17: Maltrata bus crash
 * May: Jojutla crater discovered on Mars by astronomer Andres Eloy Martínez Rojas.
 * May 3: 2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco
 * May 27: Eutelsat 113 West A is launched.
 * June 17: Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca
 * June 27: Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport inaugurated.
 * June 28: Miss Latin America 2006 held in Riviera Maya.
 * September 2: Nuestra Belleza México 2006
 * September 16: the Faro del Comercio is re-inaugurated.
 * November 10: The government of Mexico City approves a law on civil unions, becoming the first local government to allow same sex unions in Mexico.
 * December 11: Beginning of the Mexican Drug War
 * unknown date: Galia Moss, a Latin American sailor crosses the Atlantic Ocean alone.

Elections

 * 2006 Mexican general election
 * 2006 Chiapas state election
 * 2006 Colima state election
 * 2006 Mexican Federal District election
 * 2006 Guanajuato state election
 * 2006 Jalisco state election
 * 2006 Nuevo León state election
 * 2006 Sonora state election
 * 2006 State of Mexico election
 * 2006 Tabasco state election

Awards

 * Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor	- Jesús Kumate Rodríguez
 * Order of the Aztec Eagle
 * National Prize for Arts and Sciences
 * National Public Administration Prize
 * Ohtli Award
 * Pete Gallego
 * Buddy Garcia
 * Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr.
 * Ed Pastor
 * Jared Polis
 * Santiago Wood

Sports

 * Primera División de México Clausura 2006
 * Primera División de México Apertura 2006
 * 2006 InterLiga
 * 2005 Copa Sudamericana Finals
 * Mexico compete at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
 * Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional
 * 2006 Desafío Corona season
 * 2006 Gran Premio Telmex
 * 2006 Rally México
 * 2006 Mexican Figure Skating Championships
 * Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2006)
 * 2006 Centrobasket Women in Mexico City.
 * 2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Baja California.
 * Mexico at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

Film

 * Una película de huevos
 * Efectos secundarios – September 1
 * Pretendiendo
 * Pan's Labyrinth – October 2
 * Así del precipicio
 * Cansada de besar sapos – December

Telenovelas

 * Heridas de amor
 * La fea más bella
 * Código postal – May 22

Notable deaths

 * January 1 – Mapita Cortés, 75, Puerto Rican -born actress of the cinema of Mexico
 * January 13 – Raúl Anguiano, 90, painter and muralist, heart failure.
 * February 10 – Juan Soriano, 85, painter and sculptor.
 * February 12 – Juan Sánchez-Navarro y Peón, 92, entrepreneur and co-founder of the.
 * March 7 – Ludwik Margules, 72, theatre director, cancer.
 * March 29 – Salvador Elizondo, 73, writer.
 * April 5 – Armando Labra, 62, economist.
 * April 20 – Miguel Zacarías Nogaim, 101, film director.
 * April 30 – Beatriz Sheridan, 71, actress and director, heart attack.
 * May 4 – Valentin Trujillo, 55, actor, heart attack.
 * May 22 – Lilia Prado, 78, actress, multiple organ failure.
 * May 23 – Ángel Fernández, 80, sports broadcaster, renal failure.
 * July 15 – Raúl Delgado Benavides, politician, Municipal president (Cuautitlán, Jalisco); murdered
 * August 4 – Julio Galán, 47, painter
 * September 15 – Pablo Santos, 19, actor
 * October 9 – Mario Moya Palencia, 73, politician, heart attack.
 * October 24 – Rafael Ramírez Heredia, 67, writer, lung cancer.
 * November 1 – Daniel García "Huracán Ramírez", 80, wrestler, heart attack.
 * November 6 – Miguel Aceves Mejía, 90, singer, bronchitis.
 * November 19 – Francisco Quirós Hermosillo, General. Cancer.
 * November 23 – Jesús Blancornelas, 70, journalist, cancer.