1997 in Mexico
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{{Year in Mexico|1997}}
Events in the year 1997 in Mexico.
Incumbents
=Federal government=
- President: Ernesto Zedillo
- Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Emilio Chuayffet.
- Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): José Ángel Gurría
- Communications Secretary (SCT): Carlos Ruiz Sacristán
- Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Enrique Cervantes Aguirre
- Secretary of Navy: José Ramón Lorenzo Franco
- Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): José Antonio González Fernández
- Secretary of Welfare: Carlos Rojas Gutiérrez
- Secretary of Public Education: Miguel Limón Rojas
- Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Óscar Espinosa Villarreal
- Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Julia Carabias Lillo
- Secretary of Health (SALUD): Juan Ramón de la Fuente
=Supreme Court=
{{See also|National Supreme Court of Justice}}
- President of the Supreme Court: José Vicente Aguinaco Alemán
=Governors=
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- Head of Government of the Federal District
- Oscar Espinosa Villarreal (PRI) (until December 4){{cite web |title=¿Los conociste?, ¿los recuerdas? Ellos fueron los regentes y jefes de Gobierno CDMX |url=https://www.sopitas.com/noticias/regentes-jefes-de-gobierno-cdmx/ |website=Sopitas.com |access-date=August 28, 2020 |language=es |date=5 December 2018}}
- Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (PRD) (starting December 5) First elected leader of Mexico City.{{cite web |title=Biografia de Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas |url=https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/c/cardenas_cuauhtemoc.htm |website=www.biografiasyvidas.com |access-date=August 28, 2020 |language=es}}
- Aguascalientes: Otto Granados Roldán, (PRI)
- Baja California: Héctor Terán Terán, (PAN).{{cite web |title=Baja California: La sucesión anticipada |url=https://www.nexos.com.mx/?p=9062 |website=www.nexos.com.mx |access-date=August 31, 2020 |language=es |date=1 Nov 2020}}
- Baja California Sur: Guillermo Mercado Romero/Leonel Cota Montaño
- Campeche: Jorge Salomón Azar García/José Antonio González Curi
- Chiapas: Julio César Ruíz Ferro/Roberto Albores Guillén
- Chihuahua: Francisco Barrio (PAN)
- Coahuila: Rogelio Montemayor Seguy (PAN)
- Colima: Carlos de la Madrid Virgen/Fernando Moreno Peña (PAN)
- Durango: Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier (PAN)
- Guanajuato: Vicente Fox Quesada (PAN),
- Guerrero: Ángel Aguirre Rivero
- Hidalgo: Jesús Murillo Karam
- Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez
- State of Mexico: César Camacho Quiroz
- Michoacán: Víctor Manuel Tinoco
- Morelos: Jorge Carrillo Olea (PRI).{{cite web |title=Jorge Carrillo Olea ahorra tiene Graco Rámirez Garrido en sus manos |url=https://www.zonacentronoticias.com/2018/08/jorge-carrillo-olea-ahora-tiene-a-graco-ramirez-garrido-en-sus-manos/ |publisher=Zona Centro Noticias |access-date=August 28, 2020 |language=es |date=Aug 1, 2018}}
- Nayarit: Rigoberto Ochoa Zaragoza
- Nuevo León: Benjamín Clariond/Fernando Canales
- Oaxaca: Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano
- Puebla: Manuel Bartlett Díaz
- Querétaro: Enrique Burgos García/Ignacio Loyola Vera
- Quintana Roo: Mario Villanueva Madrid
- San Luis Potosí: Horacio Sánchez Unzueta/Fernando Silva Nieto
- Sinaloa: Renato Vega Alvarado
- Sonora: Manlio Fabio Beltrones Rivera/Armando López Nogales
- Tabasco: Roberto Madrazo Pintado
- Tamaulipas: Manuel Cavazos Lerma
- Tlaxcala: José Antonio Álvarez Lima
- Veracruz: Patricio Chirinos Calero
- Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco
- Zacatecas: Arturo Romo Gutiérrez
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Events
- Convergence was founded as a "national political grouping".
- March 13: Phoenix Lights in Sonora.
- June 6: 1997 Mexican legislative election
- September: Nuestra Belleza México 1997
- December 22: Acteal Massacre
Awards
Hurricanes
- June 1–7: Tropical Storm Andres (1997)
- September 16–26: Hurricane Nora (1997)
- September 26 – October 12: Tropical Storm Olaf (1997)
- October 5–10: Hurricane Pauline
Sport
- 1996–97 Mexican Primera División season
- 1996–97 Copa Mexico
- Petroleros de Poza Rica win the Mexican League.
- Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1997)
- Atlético Mexiquense and Chivas Tijuana are founded.
- The Chupacabras race is held for the first time.
=Births=
- October 29 – Ale Müller, actress and singer
Deaths
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- October 24 – Luis Aguilar, actor and singer (b. 1918)
References
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