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2002 in Mexico

Events in the year 2002 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Vicente Fox PAN

Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Santiago Creel
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Jorge CastaÃÂ±eda Gutman
Communications Secretary (SCT): Pedro Cerisola
Education Secretary (SEP): Reyes Tamez
Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Gerardo Clemente Vega
Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Marco Antonio Peyrot GonzÃÂ¡lez
Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): JosÃÂ© Carlos MarÃÂa Abascal Carranza
Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL): Josefina VÃÂ¡zquez Mota
Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Leticia Navarro
Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): VÃÂctor Lichtinger
Secretary of Health (SALUD): Julio Frenk
Attorney General of Mexico (PRG): Rafael Macedo de la Concha

Supreme Court

President of the Supreme Court: Genaro David GÃÂ³ngora Pimentel

Governors

Aguascalientes: Felipe GonzÃÂ¡lez GonzÃÂ¡lez PAN
Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther PAN
Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota MontaÃÂ±o, PRD
Campeche: JosÃÂ© Antonio GonzÃÂ¡lez Curi
Chiapas: Pablo Salazar MendiguchÃÂa PRD
Chihuahua: Patricio MartÃÂnez GarcÃÂa PRI
Coahuila: Enrique MartÃÂnez y MartÃÂnez PRI
Colima: Fernando Moreno PeÃÂ±a PRI
Durango: ÃÂngel Sergio Guerrero Mier PRI
Guanajuato: Juan Carlos Romero Hicks PAN
Guerrero: RenÃÂ© JuÃÂ¡rez Cisneros PRI
Hidalgo: Manuel ÃÂngel NÃÂºÃÂ±ez Soto PRI
Jalisco: Alberto CÃÂ¡rdenas PAN
State of Mexico: Arturo Montiel PRI
MichoacÃÂ¡n
VÃÂctor Manuel Tinoco RubÃÂ PRI (date not available)
LÃÂ¡zaro CÃÂ¡rdenas Batel PRD (date not available)
Morelos: Sergio Estrada Cajigal RamÃÂrez PAN.
Nayarit: Antonio EchevarrÃÂa DomÃÂnguez
Nuevo LeÃÂ³n: Fernando Canales Clariond PAN
Oaxaca: JosÃÂ© Murat Casab PRI
Puebla: MelquÃÂades Morales PRI
QuerÃÂ©taro: Ignacio Loyola Vera PAN
Quintana Roo: JoaquÃÂn Hendricks DÃÂaz PRI
San Luis PotosÃÂ: Fernando Silva Nieto
Sinaloa: Juan S. MillÃÂ¡n PRI
Sonora: Armando LÃÂ³pez Nogales PRI
Tabasco: Manuel Andrade DÃÂaz PAN, starting January 1
Tamaulipas: TomÃÂ¡s Yarrington PRI
Tlaxcala: Alfonso SÃÂ¡nchez Anaya PRD
Veracruz: Miguel AlemÃÂ¡n Velasco PRI
YucatÃÂ¡n: VÃÂctor Cervera Pacheco PRI
Zacatecas: Ricardo Monreal PRD
Head of Government of the Federal District: AndrÃÂ©s Manuel LÃÂ³pez Obrador PRD

Events

January 23 Ã¢ÂÂ La Espuela Coal Mine disaster caused the death of 13 miners
February 28 Ã¢ÂÂ The El Heraldo de Mexico Awards took place.
March 18 Ã¢ÂÂ The Monterrey Consensus from the International Conference on Financing for Development begins in Nuevo Leon.
September 20 Ã¢ÂÂ Hurricane Isidore (category 3) reaches the YucatÃÂ¡n Peninsula
October 25 Ã¢ÂÂ Hurricane Kenna (category 5) reaches Puerto Vallarta
October 30 Ã¢ÂÂ Banco Azteca begins operations
November 10 Ã¢ÂÂ The ITU World Triathlon Series take place in CancÃÂºn.

Awards

Popular culture

March 3 Ã¢ÂÂ Beginning of the reality show Big Brother
May 15 Ã¢ÂÂ The Los Premios MTV LatinoamÃÂ©rica 2002 take place in Mexico City
June 30 Ã¢ÂÂ The reality show La Academia begins.
July 4 Ã¢ÂÂ The TV y Novelas Awards take place in Mexico City.

Sports

Film

Documentaries

Fiction

Amar te duele
Aro Tolbukhin. En la mente del asesino
Dark Cites (Ciudades oscuras)
El crimen del padre Amaro
eXXXorcismos
Francisca (... De quÃÂ© lado estÃÂ¡s?)
El gavilÃÂ¡n de la sierra
La habitaciÃÂ³n azul
Seres humanos
El tigre de Santa Julia
Una de dos
La virgen de la lujuria

Births

February 5 – Paulina Villarreal, drummer

Deaths

January 3 – Juan GarcÃÂa Esquivel (84), musician
February 10 – RamÃÂ³n Arellano FÃÂ©lix (37), drug lord
April 8 – MarÃÂa FÃÂ©lix, 88, Mexican actress (b. April 8, 1914)
October 11 – Emilio GarcÃÂa Riera, 70, actor, writer and cinema critic (b. 1931)
October 19 – Manuel Alvarez Bravo (100), photographer
November 6 – Alfonso MartÃÂnez DomÃÂnguez (80), politician
November 21 Ã¢ÂÂ Arturo GuzmÃÂ¡n Decena
December 2 – Ivan Illich, Austrian Catholic priest and philosopher who co-founded the Centro Intercultural de DocumentaciÃÂ³n in Cuernavaca (b. 1926).

References