2006 in Mexico
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{{Year in Mexico|2006}}
This is a list of events that happened in 2006 in Mexico.
Incumbents
=Federal government=
==President==
- President
- Vicente Fox PAN, until November 30
- Felipe Calderón PAN, starting December 1
==Cabinet==
{{Main|Cabinet of Mexico}}
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- Interior Secretary (SEGOB)
- Santiago Creel, until November 30
- Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña, starting December 1{{cite web |title=Este fue el gabinete de Felipe Calderón |url=https://www.capitalmexico.com.mx/nacional/gabinete-felipe-calderon-jose-antonio-meade-pan-vicente-fox-elecciones-mexico-narco-ejercito-policia/ |website=www.capitalmexico.com.mx |publisher=Capital México |access-date=September 17, 2020 |language=es |date=Feb 6, 2018}}
- 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
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=Supreme Court=
{{See also|National Supreme Court of Justice}}
- President of the Supreme Court: Mariano Azuela Güitrón
=Governors=
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- Aguascalientes: Luis Armando Reynoso PAN
- Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther PAN
- Baja California Sur: Narciso Agúndez Montaño PRD
- Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez PAN
- Chiapas
- Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía PRD, until December 7
- Juan Sabines Guerrero (Coalition for the Good of All), starting December 8
- Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas PRI
- Coahuila: Humberto Moreira PRI
- Colima: Gustavo Vázquez Montes PRI
- Durango: Ismael Hernández PRI
- Guanajuato
- Juan Carlos Romero Hicks PAN, until September 25
- Juan Manuel Oliva PAN, starting September 26
- Guerrero: Zeferino Torreblanca PRD
- Hidalgo: Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong PRI
- Jalisco
- Alberto Cárdenas PAN, until November 20
- Gerardo Solís Gómez PAN, substitute governor
- State of Mexico: Enrique Peña Nieto PRI
- Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel PRD
- Morelos
- Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez PAN, until October 1.{{cite web |last1=Cinta |first1=Guillermo |title=LA HISTORIA DEL NARCO EN MORELOS |url=https://www.guillermocinta.com/noticias-morelos/la-historia-del-narco-en-morelos/ |website=La Crónica de Morelos {{!}} Noticias {{!}} Guillermo Cinta |access-date=August 28, 2020 |language=es |date=Nov 19, 2018}}
- Marco Antonio Adame PAN, starting October 1.{{cite web |title=Marco Antonio Adame Castillo |url=https://lideresmexicanos.com/300/marco-antonio-adame-castillo/ |website=Líderes Mexicanos |access-date=August 28, 2020 |language=es |archive-date=September 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903193915/https://lideresmexicanos.com/300/marco-antonio-adame-castillo/ |url-status=dead }}
- Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez
- Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond PAN
- Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz PRI
- Puebla: Mario Plutarco Marín Torres PRI
- Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón PAN
- Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto PRI
- San Luis Potosí: Jesús Marcelo de los Santos PAN
- Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán PRI, until December 31
- Sonora: Eduardo Bours PRI
- Tabasco: Manuel Andrade Díaz PAN, until December 31
- Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores PRI
- Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya PRD
- Veracruz: Fidel Herrera Beltrán PRI
- Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco PRI
- Zacatecas: Amalia García PRD
- Head of Government of the Federal District
- Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez PRD, until December 4
- Marcelo Ebrard PRD, starting December 5
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/latin-america-and-the-caribbean/mexico/sierra-de-huautla/|title=Sierra de Huautla|publisher=UNESCO Ecological Sciences for Sustainable Development|date=July 2012|access-date=April 25, 2019}}
- 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 2: Cumbres case
- March: Santiago Mexquititlán raid
- April 10: 2006 Mexico DC-9 drug bust
- May: Jojutla crater discovered on Mars by astronomer Andres Eloy Martínez Rojas.{{cite web|url=https://haciaelespacio.aem.gob.mx/revistadigital/articul.php?interior=588|title=¿Sabías qué...? - Tierra, Jojutla y Campo|publisher=Agencia Espacial Mexicana|date=October 18, 2017|access-date=March 18, 2019|language=es|trans-title=Did you know...? - Earth, Jojutla, and Fields|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230957/https://haciaelespacio.aem.gob.mx/revistadigital/articul.php?interior=588|archive-date=December 20, 2018|url-status=dead}}
- 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.{{cite news |last=Eichner |first=Itamar |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3969429,00.html |title=Making aliyah on board a yacht |publisher=Ynet News |date=October 16, 2010}}
Elections
Awards
{{Main|Orders, decorations, and medals of Mexico}}
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- 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
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Popular culture
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= 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
= Music =
=Film=
{{Main|Mexican films of 2006}}
- Una película de huevos
- Efectos secundarios – September 1
- Pretendiendo
- Pan's Labyrinth – October 2
- Así del precipicio
- Cansada de besar sapos – December
= Literature =
= TV =
==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 PAN.
- March 7 – Ludwik Margules, 72, theatre director, cancer. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060502105526/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/03/09/a05n1cul.php]
- March 29 – Salvador Elizondo, 73, writer. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060527180942/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/03/30/a04n1cul.php]
- April 5 – Armando Labra, 62, economist. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060408215641/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/04/06/022n1pol.php]
- April 20 – Miguel Zacarías Nogaim, 101, film director. [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/344203.html]
- 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. [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/350849.html]
- May 23 – Ángel Fernández, 80, sports broadcaster, renal failure.[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/350861.html]
- July 15 – Raúl Delgado Benavides, politician, Municipal president (Cuautitlán, Jalisco); murdered{{cite news|title=Violencia sin freno|url=http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=96322|access-date=18 June 2012|newspaper=Proceso|date=23 July 2006|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035928/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=96322|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=García|first=Elsa|title=Ejecutan a alcalde panista en Jalisco |url=http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/551293.html|access-date=18 June 2012|newspaper=Esmas.com|date=16 July 2006|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129032755/http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/551293.html|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=live}}
- August 4 – Julio Galán, 47, painter
- September 15 – Pablo Santos, 19, actor{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-sep-17-me-passings17.2-story.html|title=Pablo Santos, 19; Actor Had Role on WB’s ‘Greetings From Tucson’|date=17 September 2006|website=LA Times (archive)|access-date=18 January 2022}}
- October 9 – Mario Moya Palencia, 73, politician, heart attack.
- October 24 – Rafael Ramírez Heredia, 67, writer, lung cancer. [https://web.archive.org/web/20061028023821/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/10/25/a06n1cul.php]
- November 1 – Daniel García "Huracán Ramírez", 80, wrestler, heart attack. [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/deportes/85955.html]
- November 6 – Miguel Aceves Mejía, 90, singer, bronchitis. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071008071825/http://www.prensamexicana.com/news.php?nid=7620]
- November 19 – Francisco Quirós Hermosillo, General. Cancer. [http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/11/20/index.php?section=politica&article=019n1pol]
- November 23 – Jesús Blancornelas, 70, journalist, cancer. [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/389751.html]
See also
References
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