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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); DiÃÂ³doro Carrasco (from 21 May)
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): MarÃÂa del Rosario Green MacÃÂas
Communications Secretary (SCT): Carlos Ruiz SacristÃÂ¡n
Education Secretary (SEP): Miguel LimÃÂ³n Rojas
Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Enrique Cervantes Aguirre
Secretary of Navy: JosÃÂ© RamÃÂ³n Lorenzo Franco
Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): JosÃÂ© Antonio GonzÃÂ¡lez FernÃÂ¡ndez/Mariano Palacios Alcocer
Secretary of Welfare: Esteban Moctezuma (until 4 August); Carlos Jarque (from 4 August)
Secretary of Public Education: Miguel LimÃÂ³n Rojas
Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): ÃÂscar Espinosa Villarreal
Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Julia Carabias Lillo
Secretary of Health (SALUD): Juan RamÃÂ³n de la Fuente (until 30 November); JosÃÂ© Antonio GonzÃÂ¡lez FernÃÂ¡ndez (from 30 November)

Supreme Court

President of the Supreme Court: JosÃÂ© Vicente Aguinaco AlemÃÂ¡n then Genaro David GÃÂ³ngora Pimentel

Governors

Aguascalientes: Felipe GonzÃÂ¡lez GonzÃÂ¡lez, (National Action Party, PAN)
Baja California: Alejandro GonzÃÂ¡lez Alcocer, Substitute, (PAN)
Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota MontaÃÂ±o (PRD)/Guillermo Mercado Romero (PRI)
Campeche: JosÃÂ© Antonio GonzÃÂ¡lez Curi
Chiapas: Roberto Albores GuillÃÂ©n
Chihuahua: Patricio MartÃÂnez GarcÃÂa (PRI)
Coahuila: Enrique MartÃÂnez y MartÃÂnez/Rogelio Montemayor Seguy (PRI)
Colima: Fernando Moreno PeÃÂ±a (PRI)
Durango: ÃÂngel Sergio Guerrero Mier (PRI)
Guanajuato: Vicente Fox/Ramon Martin Huerta (PAN)
Guerrero: Angel Aguirre Rivero/RenÃÂ© JuÃÂ¡rez Cisneros (PAN)
Hidalgo: Alberto CÃÂ¡rdenas JimÃÂ©nez (PAN)
Jalisco: Humberto Lugo Gil/Manuel Angel Nunez Soto (PAN)
State of Mexico: CÃÂ©sar Camacho Quiroz/Arturo Montiel Rojas (PRI)
MichoacÃÂ¡n: VÃÂctor Manuel Tinoco
Morelos: Jorge Morales Barud (SubstituteÃ¢ÂÂPRI).
Nayarit: Rigoberto Ochoa Zaragoza/Antonio EchevarrÃÂa DomÃÂnguez
Nuevo LeÃÂ³n: Fernando Canales (PRI)
Oaxaca: Heladio RamÃÂrez LÃÂ³pez (PRI)
Puebla: Melquiades Morales Flores/Manuel Bartlett DÃÂaz (PRI)
QuerÃÂ©taro: Ignacio Loyola Vera (PRI)
Quintana Roo: Mario Villanueva Madrid/JoaquÃÂn Hendricks DÃÂaz (PRI)
San Luis PotosÃÂ: Fernando Silva Nieto (PRI)
Sinaloa: Juan S. MillÃÂ¡n (PRI)
Sonora: Armando LÃÂ³pez Nogales (PRI)
Tabasco: Roberto Madrazo Pintado (PRI)
Tamaulipas: Manuel Cavazos Lerma/TomÃÂ¡s Yarrington
Tlaxcala: JosÃÂ© Antonio ÃÂlvarez Lima/Alfonso SÃÂ¡nchez Anaya (PRI)
Veracruz: Miguel AlemÃÂ¡n Velasco
YucatÃÂ¡n: VÃÂctor Cervera Pacheco (PRI)
Zacatecas: Ricardo Monreal ÃÂvila (PRI)
Head of Government of the Federal District
CuauhtÃÂ©moc CÃÂ¡rdenas, 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 TehuacÃÂ¡n earthquake
August 18Ã¢ÂÂ25: Hurricane Bret
September 5Ã¢ÂÂ9: Hurricane Greg
September 12: Nuestra Belleza MÃÂ©xico 1999
September 30: 1999 Oaxaca earthquake
September Ã¢ÂÂ October: 1999 Mexico floods
November: Mexico hosts the first Parapan American Games

Awards

Sport

Primera DivisiÃÂ³n de MÃÂ©xico Verano 1999.
Primera DivisiÃÂ³n de MÃÂ©xico Invierno 1999.
1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Final.
Mexico participate in the 1999 Copa AmÃÂ©rica and become 3rd.
.
Ruleta de la Muerte (1999).
1999 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship in Monterrey.

Television

Debuted

Ended

Births

Deaths

March 19: Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (Horal, 1950) and Tarumba in Mexico City (b. 1926).
May 15: Gutierre TibÃÂ³n, 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