2003 in Mexico

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Vicente Fox PAN
• Interior Secretary : Santiago Creel
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs
• *Jorge Castañeda Gutman, until January 10
• *Luis Ernesto Derbez, starting January 15
• Communications Secretary : Pedro Cerisola
• Education Secretary : Reyes Tamez
• Secretary of Defense : Gerardo Clemente Vega
• Secretary of Navy : Marco Antonio Peyrot González
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare : José Carlos María Abascal Carranza
• Secretary of Welfare : Josefina Vázquez Mota
• Secretary of Tourism
• *Leticia Navarro, until July 29
• *Rodolfo Elizondo Torres, starting July 29
• Secretary of the Environment
• *Víctor Lichtinger, until June
• *Alberto Cárdenas, starting June
• Secretary of Health : Julio Frenk
• Attorney General of Mexico : Rafael Macedo de la Concha

  Supreme Court

• President of the Supreme Court: Mariano Azuela Güitrón

  Governors

• Aguascalientes: Felipe González González PAN
• Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther PAN
• Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota Montaño PRD
• Campeche
• *José Antonio González Curi, until September 15
• *Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez PRI, starting September 16
• Chiapas: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía PRI
• Chihuahua: Patricio Martínez García PRI
• Coahuila: Enrique Martínez y Martínez PRI
• Colima
• *Fernando Moreno Peña PRI, until October 31
• *Carlos Flores Dueñas PRI, interim governor November 1-December 31
• Durango: Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier PRI
• Guanajuato: Juan Carlos Romero Hicks PAN
• Guerrero: René Juárez Cisneros PRI
• Hidalgo: Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto PRI
• Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas PAN
• State of Mexico: Arturo Montiel PRI
• Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel PRD
• Morelos: Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez PAN.
• Nayarit: Antonio Echevarría Domínguez
• Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond PAN
• Oaxaca: José Murat Casab PRI
• Puebla: Melquíades Morales PRI
• Querétaro
• *Ignacio Loyola Vera PAN, until September 30
• *Francisco Garrido Patrón PAN, starting October 1
• Quintana Roo: Joaquín Hendricks Díaz PRI
• San Luis Potosí
• *Fernando Silva Nieto, until September 25
• *Jesús Marcelo de los Santos PAN, Starting September 26
• Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán PRI
• Sonora
• *Armando López Nogales PRI, until September 13
• *Eduardo Bours PRI, starting September 13
• Tabasco: Manuel Andrade Díaz PAN, starting January 1
• Tamaulipas: Tomás Yarrington PRI
• Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya PRD
• Veracruz: Miguel Alemán Velasco PRI
• Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco PRI
• Zacatecas: Ricardo Monreal PRD
• Head of Government of the Federal District: Andrés Manuel López Obrador PRD

  Events

• Fahrenheit has its first issue published.
• The Chiapas Bridge is finished with being constructed.
• The México Posible party is founded and dissolved.
• January 21: 2003 Colima earthquake.
• February 18: The State of Mexico votes in a referendum on the death penalty. 82% of the 806,416 people who voted, voted Yes for the death penalty on crimes of murder, kidnapping, child theft and violent assaults.
• March 13: Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas is created.
• June 2: The Escuela Preparatoria Tlalpan II "Otilio Montaño" is inaugurated.
• July 5: The National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples goes into effect.
• July 6: 2003 Mexican legislative election
• September: World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2003 in Cancun.
• September 5: Nuestra Belleza México 2003.
• September 28: Optibús starts operations.
• November 15: Miss Latin America 2004 held in Cancun.
• November 27: the Monterrey Arena is opened.
• December 9 – 11: The United Nations Convention Against Corruption is opened for signing in Mérida, Yucatán.
• December 22: Counter-terrorism base Ixtoc-Alfa is founded by the Mexican Navy.

  Hurricanes

• June 26 – 27: Tropical Storm Carlos
• June 29 – July 2: Tropical Storm Bill
• July 8 – 17: Hurricane Claudette
• August 14 – 17: Hurricane Erika
• August 22 – 27: Hurricane Ignacio
• September 8 – 24: Hurricane Marty
• October 1 – 6: Tropical Storm Larry

  Awards

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor - Luis González y González
• Order of the Aztec Eagle
• National Prize for Arts and Sciences
• National Public Administration Prize
• Ohtli Award
• * Marco A. López Jr.
• * Patricia Madrid

  Sport

• Primera División de México Clausura 2003
• Primera División de México Apertura 2003
• Mexico win the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
• 2003 Centrobasket held in Culiacán
• 2003 Centrobasket Women
• 2003 Mexican Figure Skating Championships
• 2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante
• 2003 MasterCard Truck Series season
• 2003 Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix
• Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth
• 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III co-hosted with Bosnia
• 2003 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship Culiacan, Sinaloa
• 2003 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup Saltillo, Coahuila
• 2003 Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships
• Mexico at the 2003 Pan American Games
• 2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup from San Diego, California, United States to Tijuana, Baja California.
• C.F. Mérida founded.
• Tijuana Dragons founded.
• Monterrey Fury founded.

  Film

• List of Mexican films of 2003

  Births

• January 16 – Adriana Hernández, rhythmic gymnast
• May 8 – Joaquín Bondoni, singer, songwriter and actor
• September 18 – Ana Galindo, rhythmic gymnast

  Deaths

• February 11: Socorro Avelar, actress
• June 10: Alfredo Guati Rojo watercolor artist
• November 1: Humberto Briseño Sierra, Mexican lawyer
• November 6: Eduardo Palomo, actor