2006 in Mexico
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
- Interior Secretary
- *Santiago Creel, until November 30
- *Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña, starting December 1
- Secretary of Foreign Affairs
- *Luis Ernesto Derbez, until November 30
- *Patricia Espinosa, starting December 1
- Communications Secretary
- *Pedro Cerisola, until November 30
- *Luis Téllez, starting December 1
- Education Secretary
- *Reyes Tamez, until November 30
- *Josefina Vázquez Mota, starting December 1
- Secretary of Defense
- *Gerardo Clemente Vega, until November 30
- *Guillermo Galván Galván, starting December 1
- Secretary of Navy
- *Marco Antonio Peyrot González, until November 30
- *Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza, starting December 1
- Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare
- *Francisco Javier Salazar Sáenz, until November 30
- *Javier Lozano Alarcón, starting December 1
- Secretary of Welfare
- *Josefina Vázquez Mota, until November 30
- *Beatriz Zavala, starting December 1
- Tourism Secretary : Rodolfo Elizondo Torres
- Secretary of the Environment
- *José Luis Luege Tamargo, until November 30
- *Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, starting December 1
- Secretary of Health
- *Julio Frenk, until November 30
- *José Ángel Córdova, starting December 1
- Secretary of Public Security
- *Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, until November 30
- *Genaro García Luna, starting December 1
- Secretary of Finance and Public Credit
- *Francisco Gil Díaz, until November 30
- *Agustín Carstens, starting December 1
- Secretariat of Energy (Mexico) : Georgina Yamilet Kessel Martínez, starting December 1
- Secretary of Agriculture : Alberto Cárdenas, starting December 1
- Secretary of Public Function : German Martínez Cázares, starting December 1
- Secretary of Agrarian Reform : Germán Martínez, starting December 1
- Attorney General of Mexico
- *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 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, 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.
- *Marco Antonio Adame PAN, starting October 1.
- 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
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 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.
- 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
Popular culture
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 huevosEfectos secundarios – September 1PretendiendoPan's Labyrinth – October 2Así del precipicioCansada de besar sapos – DecemberTV
Telenovelas
Heridas de amorLa fea más bellaCódigo postal – May 22Notable 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.
- 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 ; 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.