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1999 in Mexico
Events in the year
1999 in Mexico
.
Incumbents
Federal government
President
:
Ernesto Zedillo
Interior Secretary
(SEGOB):
Francisco Labastida
(until 21 May);
Diódoro Carrasco
(from 21 May)
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
(SRE):
MarÃÂa del Rosario Green MacÃÂas
Communications Secretary
(SCT): Carlos Ruiz Sacristán
Education Secretary
(SEP): Miguel Limón Rojas
Secretary of Defense
(SEDENA): Enrique Cervantes Aguirre
Secretary of Navy
: José Ramón Lorenzo Franco
Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare
(STPS): José Antonio González Fernández/
Mariano Palacios Alcocer
Secretary of Welfare
:
Esteban Moctezuma
(until 4 August);
Carlos Jarque
(from 4 August)
Secretary of Public Education
: Miguel Limón Rojas
Tourism Secretary
(SECTUR):
ÃÂscar Espinosa Villarreal
Secretary of the Environment
(SEMARNAT):
Julia Carabias Lillo
Secretary of Health
(SALUD):
Juan Ramón de la Fuente
(until 30 November);
José Antonio González Fernández
(from 30 November)
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: José Vicente Aguinaco Alemán then
Genaro David Góngora Pimentel
Governors
Aguascalientes
:
Felipe González González
, (
National Action Party, PAN
)
Baja California
:
Alejandro González Alcocer
, Substitute, (PAN)
Baja California Sur
:
Leonel Cota Montaño
(PRD)/
Guillermo Mercado Romero
(PRI)
Campeche
:
José Antonio González Curi
Chiapas
:
Roberto Albores Guillén
Chihuahua
:
Patricio MartÃÂnez GarcÃÂa
(PRI)
Coahuila
:
Enrique MartÃÂnez y MartÃÂnez
/
Rogelio Montemayor Seguy
(PRI)
Colima
:
Fernando Moreno Peña
(PRI)
Durango
:
ÃÂngel Sergio Guerrero Mier
(PRI)
Guanajuato
:
Vicente Fox
/
Ramon Martin Huerta
(PAN)
Guerrero
:
Angel Aguirre Rivero
/
René Juárez Cisneros
(PAN)
Hidalgo
:
Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez
(PAN)
Jalisco
:
Humberto Lugo Gil
/
Manuel Angel Nunez Soto
(PAN)
State of Mexico
:
César Camacho Quiroz
/
Arturo Montiel Rojas
(PRI)
Michoacán
:
VÃÂctor Manuel Tinoco
Morelos
:
Jorge Morales Barud
(SubstituteâÂÂPRI).
Nayarit
:
Rigoberto Ochoa Zaragoza
/
Antonio EchevarrÃÂa DomÃÂnguez
Nuevo León
:
Fernando Canales
(PRI)
Oaxaca
:
Heladio RamÃÂrez López
(PRI)
Puebla
:
Melquiades Morales Flores
/
Manuel Bartlett DÃÂaz
(PRI)
Querétaro
:
Ignacio Loyola Vera
(PRI)
Quintana Roo
:
Mario Villanueva Madrid
/
JoaquÃÂn Hendricks DÃÂaz
(PRI)
San Luis PotosÃÂ
:
Fernando Silva Nieto
(PRI)
Sinaloa
:
Juan S. Millán
(PRI)
Sonora
:
Armando López Nogales
(PRI)
Tabasco
:
Roberto Madrazo Pintado
(PRI)
Tamaulipas
:
Manuel Cavazos Lerma
/
Tomás Yarrington
Tlaxcala
:
José Antonio ÃÂlvarez Lima
/
Alfonso Sánchez Anaya
(PRI)
Veracruz
:
Miguel Alemán Velasco
Yucatán
:
VÃÂctor Cervera Pacheco
(PRI)
Zacatecas
:
Ricardo Monreal ÃÂvila
(PRI)
Head of Government of the Federal District
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
,
Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD)
, (until September 29)
Rosario Robles
(PRD) (starting September 29)
Events
The
banderas monumentales
program is initiated.
January:
1999 UNAM strike
March 21:
1999 Mexican referendums
June 15:
1999 Tehuacán earthquake
August 18âÂÂ25:
Hurricane Bret
September 5âÂÂ9:
Hurricane Greg
September 12:
Nuestra Belleza México 1999
September 30:
1999 Oaxaca earthquake
September â October:
1999 Mexico floods
November: Mexico hosts the first
Parapan American Games
Awards
Belisario DomÃÂnguez Medal of Honor
âÂÂ
Carlos Fuentes
Order of the Aztec Eagle
National Prize for Arts and Sciences
National Public Administration Prize
Ohtli Award
Deborah V. Ortiz
David R. Maciel
Sport
Primera División de México Verano 1999
.
Primera División de México Invierno 1999
.
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Final
.
Mexico
participate in the
1999 Copa América
and become 3rd.
.
Ruleta de la Muerte (1999)
.
1999 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
in
Monterrey
.
Television
Debuted
Alma Rebelde
Catalina y Sebastián
Háblame de amor
Laberintos de pasión
Mujeres engañadas
Nunca Te Olvidaré
Por tu amor
Rosalinda
Tres mujeres
Yacaranday
Ended
Alma Rebelde
Camila
Catalina y Sebastián
El diario de Daniela
Nunca Te Olvidaré
Por tu amor
El Privilegio de Amar
Rosalinda
Yacaranday
Births
Deaths
March 19:
Jaime Sabines
, Mexican poet (
Horal
, 1950) and
Tarumba
in Mexico City (b. 1926).
May 15:
Gutierre Tibón
, Italian-Mexican writer (b. 1905)
July 22
:
Lauro Ortega MartÃÂnez
, 89, governor of
Morelos
1982-1988 (b.
1910
)
See also
List of Mexican films of 1999
References
External links