1966 in Mexico

Incumbents

• President — Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, president 1964–1970

Cabinet

• Interior Secretary: Luis Echeverría Álvarez
• Foreign Affairs Secretary: Antonio Carrillo Flores
• Defense Secretary: General Marcelino García Barragan
• Navy Secretary: Antonio Vázquez del Mercado
• Treasury Secretary: Antonio Ortiz Mena
• Secretary of Communications and Transportation: José Antonio Padilla Segura
• Education Secretary: Agustín Yáñez
• Attorney General of Mexico: Antonio Rocha Cordero
• Regent of the Federal District Department: Ernesto P. Uruchurtu

Supreme Court

• President: Agapito Pozo Balbás

Governors

• Aguascalientes: Enrique Olivares Santana
• Baja California: Raúl Sánchez Díaz Martell
• Campeche: José Ortiz Avila
• Chiapas: José Castillo Tielemans
• Chihuahua: Práxedes Ginér Durán
• Coahuila: Braulio Fernández Aguirre
• Colima: Francisco Velasco Curiel
• Durango: Enrique Dupré Ceniceros/Ángel Rodríguez Solórzano
• Guanajuato: Juan José Torres Landa
• Guerrero: Raymundo Abarca Alarcón
• Hidalgo: Carlos Ramírez Guerrero
• Jalisco: Francisco Medina Ascencio
• State of Mexico: Juan Fernández Albarrán
• Michoacán: Agustín Arriaga
• Morelos: Emilio Riva Palacio
• Nayarit: Julián Gazcón Mercado
• Nuevo León: Eduardo Elizondo
• Oaxaca: Rodolfo Brena Torres
• Puebla: Antonio Nava Castillo/Aarón Merino Fernández
• Querétaro: Manuel González Cosío
• San Luis Potosí: Manuel López Dávila
• Sinaloa: Leopoldo Sánchez Celis
• Sonora: Luis Encinas Johnson
• Tabasco: Manuel R. Mora Martínez
• Tamaulipas: Praxedis Balboa
• Tlaxcala: Anselmo Cervantes
• Veracruz: Fernando López Arias
• Yucatán: Luis Torres Mesías
• Zacatecas: José Rodríguez Elías
• South Territory of Baja California: Rufo Figueroa Figueroa
• Federal Territory of Quintana Roo: Hugo Cervantes del Río

Awards

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor –
• National Prize for Arts and Sciences in History, Social Sciences, and Philosophy:

Notable births

• January 4 – La Parka II, luchador
• May 9 – José Aarón Alvarado Nieves, professional wrestler
• May 22 – Francisco Blake Mora, politician
• July 16 – Arkangel de la Muerte, professional wrestler
• July 20 – Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico 2012-2018
• August 17 – Daniela Castro, actress and singer
• October 13 – José Ángel Llamas, actor
• October 15 – Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer and coach

Notable deaths

• January 17: Manuel González Serrano, painter