2022 in Mexico
This article lists events occurring in Mexico during the year 2022. The article lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels and will include a brief year-end summary of major social and economic issues. Cultural events, including major sporting events, are also listed.
Incumbents
President and cabinet
- President: Andrés Manuel López Obrador MORENA
- Interior: Adán Augusto López
- Foreign Affairs: Marcelo Ebrard
- Treasury: Rogelio Ramírez de la O
- Economy: Tatiana Clouthier Carrillo
- Environment: Maria Luisa Albores
- Tourism: Miguel Torruco Marqués
- Civil Service: Irma Sandoval-Ballesteros
- Health: Jorge Alcocer Varela
- Development: Román Meyer Falcón
- Welfare: Javier May Rodríguez
- Culture: Alejandra Frausto Guerrero
- Defense: Luis Cresencio Sandoval
- Navy: José Rafael Ojeda Durán
- Security: Rosa Icela Rodríguez
- Attorney General: Alejandro Gertz Manero
Supreme Court
- President of the Supreme Court: Arturo Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea
Governors
- Aguascalientes: Martín Orozco Sandoval PAN
- Baja California: Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda MORENA
- Baja California Sur: Víctor Manuel Castro Cosío MORENA
- Campeche: Layda Elena Sansores MORENA
- Chiapas: Rutilio Escandón MORENA
- Chihuahua: Javier Corral Jurado PAN
- Coahuila: Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís PRI
- Colima: Indira Vizcaíno Silva MORENA
- Durango: José Rosas Aispuro PAN
- Guanajuato: Diego Sinhué Rodríguez Vallejo PAN
- Guerrero: Evelyn Salgado Pineda MORENA
- Hidalgo: Omar Fayad PRI
- Jalisco: Enrique Alfaro Ramírez MC
- Mexico City: Claudia Sheinbaum MORENA
- México : Alfredo del Mazo Maza PRI
- Michoacán: Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla MORENA
- Morelos: Cuauhtémoc Blanco PES
- Nayarit: Miguel Ángel Navarro Quintero MORENA
- Nuevo León: Samuel García Sepúlveda, MC
- Oaxaca: Alejandro Murat Hinojosa PRI
- Puebla: Miguel Barbosa Huerta until december 13, Sergio Salomón Céspedes since december 15 MORENA
- Querétaro: Mauricio Kuri González PAN
- Quintana Roo: Carlos Joaquín González PRD
- San Luis Potosí: Ricardo Gallardo Cardona PVEM
- Sinaloa: Rubén Rocha Moya MORENA
- Sonora: Alfonso Durazo Montaño MORENA
- Tabasco: Carlos Manuel Merino Campos MORENA
- Tamaulipas: Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca PAN
- Tlaxcala: Lorena Cuellar Cisneros MORENA
- Veracruz: Cuitláhuac García Jiménez MORENA
- Yucatán: Mauricio Vila Dosal PAN
- Zacatecas: David Monreal Ávila MORENA
LXV Legislature
President of the Senate
President of the Chamber of Deputies
Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in MexicoJanuary–March
- 2 March – Mexico voted on a United Nations resolution condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
- 5 March - Querétaro–Atlas riot
- 27 March - Las Tinajas massacre
April–June
- 10 April - 2022 Mexican presidential recall referendum
- 26 April - Mexico transited to the endemic phase.
- 23 May - Celaya massacre
- 5 June - 2022 Mexican local elections
- 16 June - FIFA makes its final selection for the sixteen venues to host matches during the 2026 World Cup, and three Mexican venus are selected: Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Estadio BBVA in Monterrey, and Estadio Akron in Guadalajara.
July–September
- 19 September - 2022 Western Mexico earthquake
Sports
;Association football;Motorsport
;Tennis
- 2022 Abierto Mexicano Telcel
- 2022 Abierto Zapopan
- 2022 Guanajuato Open
- 2022 Monterrey Challenger
- 2022 Monterrey Open
- Mexico at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Mexico at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
- 2022 LFA season
- 2022 Pan Am Badminton Championships
Deaths
January
- 15 January – María Cristina Sangri Aguilar, politician.
- 21 January – Adolfo Lugo Verduzco, politician.
- 23 January – Lourdes Maldonado López, journalist.
- 27 January
- *Ruy Pérez Tamayo, medical pathologist, immunologist.
- *Diego Verdaguer, singer.
- 31 January – Onésimo Cepeda Silva, Roman Catholic prelate.
February
- 2 February – Alberto Baillères, billionaire businessman.
- 3 February – Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla, Roman Catholic prelate.
- 5 February – Rubén Fuentes, violinist and composer.
- 9 February – Super Muñeco, professional wrestler.
- 12 February – Héctor Pulido, footballer.
- 19 February – Xavier Marc, actor, film director and cinematographer.
- 21 February
- *Eduardo González Pálmer, footballer.
- *Celeste Sánchez Romero, politician.
- 22 February – José Isidro Guerrero Macías, Roman Catholic prelate.
March
- 2 March – Israel Beltrán Montes, businessman and politician.
- 4 March – Juan Carlos Muñiz, journalist.
- 7 March – Jesús Zúñiga, farmer and politician.
- 8 March – Tomás Boy, footballer and manager.
- 14 March – Francisco Solís Peón, politician.
- 17 March – Martha Palafox Gutiérrez, politician.
- 28 March – Raquel Pankowsky, actress.
April
- 4 April – Raziel, professional wrestler.
June
- 23 June – Yrma Lydya, singer.
July
- 8 July - Luis Echeverría, politician, President of the Republic in 1970–1976