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2008 in Mexico

This is a list of events that happened in 2008 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Felipe CalderÃÂ³n PAN

Interior Secretary (SEGOB)
Francisco Javier RamÃÂrez AcuÃÂ±a, until January 16
Juan Camilo MouriÃÂ±o, January 16-November 4 (died in office)
Fernando GÃÂ³mez Mont, starting November 10
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Patricia Espinosa
Communications Secretary (SCT): Luis TÃÂ©llez
Education Secretary (SEP): Josefina VÃÂ¡zquez Mota
Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Guillermo GalvÃÂ¡n GalvÃÂ¡n
Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza
Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): Javier Lozano AlarcÃÂ³n
Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL)
Beatriz Zavala, until December 9
Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, starting December 9
Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres
Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada
Secretary of Health (SALUD): JosÃÂ© ÃÂngel CÃÂ³rdova
Secretary of Public Security (SSP): Genaro GarcÃÂa Luna
Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP): AgustÃÂn Carstens
Secretariat of Energy (Mexico) (SENER): Georgina Yamilet Kessel MartÃÂnez, starting December 1
Secretary of Agriculture (SAGARPA): Alberto CÃÂ¡rdenas
Secretary of Public Function (FUNCIÃÂN PÃÂBLICA): Salvador Vega Casillas
Secretary of Agrarian Reform (SRA): GermÃÂ¡n MartÃÂnez
Secretary of Economy (SE)
Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape, until August 6
Gerardo Ruiz Mateos, starting August 6
Attorney General of Mexico (PRG): Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza

Supreme Court

President of the Supreme Court: Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia

Governors

Aguascalientes: Luis Armando Reynoso, (National Action Party, PAN)
Baja California: JosÃÂ© Guadalupe Osuna MillÃÂ¡n, (PAN)
Baja California Sur: Narciso AgÃÂºndez MontaÃÂ±o, (Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD)
Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
Chiapas: Juan Sabines Guerrero, (Coalition for the Good of All)
Chihuahua: JosÃÂ© Reyes Baeza Terrazas, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
Coahuila: Humberto Moreira ValdÃÂ©s, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
Colima: Silverio Cavazos, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
Durango: Ismael HernÃÂ¡ndez, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
Guanajuato: Juan Manuel Oliva, (National Action Party, PAN)
Guerrero: RenÃÂ© JuÃÂ¡rez Cisneros, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
Hidalgo: Miguel ÃÂngel Osorio Chong, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
Jalisco: Emilio GonzÃÂ¡lez MÃÂ¡rquez, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
State of Mexico: Enrique Pena Nieto, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
MichoacÃÂ¡n: LÃÂ¡zaro CÃÂ¡rdenas Batel, (Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) (until 15 February); Leonel Godoy Rangel (Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) (from 15 February)
Morelos: Marco Antonio Adame (PAN).
Nayarit: Ney GonzÃÂ¡lez SÃÂ¡nchez
Nuevo LeÃÂ³n: JosÃÂ© Natividad GonzÃÂ¡lez ParÃÂ¡s, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
Puebla: Mario MarÃÂn Torres, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
QuerÃÂ©taro: Francisco Garrido PatrÃÂ³n (National Action Party, PAN)
Quintana Roo: FÃÂ©lix GonzÃÂ¡lez Canto, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
San Luis PotosÃÂ: JesÃÂºs Marcelo de los Santos Fraga, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
Sinaloa: JesÃÂºs Aguilar, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
Sonora: Eduardo Bours, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
Tabasco: AndrÃÂ©s Rafael Granier Melo, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
Tamaulipas: Eugenio HernÃÂ¡ndez Flores, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
Tlaxcala: HÃÂ©ctor Ortiz Ortiz (National Action Party, PAN)
Veracruz: Fidel Herrera BeltrÃÂ¡n (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
YucatÃÂ¡n: Ivonne Ortega Pacheco (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI)
Zacatecas: Amalia GarcÃÂa (Party of the Democratic Revolution PRD)
Head of Government of the Federal District: Marcelo Ebrard (PRD)

Events

Macrolimosna
June 1Ã¢ÂÂ2: Tropical Storm Arthur 2008
July 20Ã¢ÂÂ21: Hurricane Dolly 2008
August 3Ã¢ÂÂ8: XVII International AIDS Conference, 2008
September: Riots in the La Mesa Prison
September 15: 2008 Morelia grenade attacks
October 6Ã¢ÂÂ7: Tropical Storm Marco 2008
November 4: 2008 Mexico City plane crash
November 26: Premios Oye! 2008

Elections

2008 Mexican elections

Awards

Popular culture

Sports

Music

Film

Literature

TV

Telenovelas

Notable deaths

January 10 Ã¢ÂÂ AndrÃÂ©s Henestrosa
January 30 Ã¢ÂÂ Marcial Maciel
February 2 Ã¢ÂÂ Francisco de Santiago Silva, visual artist
February 11 Ã¢ÂÂ Emilio Carballido
February 25 Ã¢ÂÂ Alan Ledesma, 30, actor, stomach cancer.
March 22 Ã¢ÂÂ Adolfo Antonio Suarez Rivera
April 8 Ã¢ÂÂ Jacqueline Voltaire, 59, actress, melanoma.
April 10 Ã¢ÂÂ Ernesto Corripio Ahumada
April 14 Ã¢ÂÂ Miguel Galvan, 50, actor, renal failure.
May 8 Ã¢ÂÂ Leopoldo JuÃÂ¡rez Urbina, politician (Convergence), former municipal president of CherÃÂ¡n, MichoacÃÂ¡n; murdered.
May 24 Ã¢ÂÂ Eugenio Garza LagÃÂ¼era
June 1 Ã¢ÂÂ Marcelo Ibarra Villa, politician PRI, municipal president of Villa Madero, MichoacÃÂ¡n; murdered.
June 4 Ã¢ÂÂ Manuel de JesÃÂºs Angulo Torres, politician PRI, municipal president of Topia, Durango; murdered
June 21 Ã¢ÂÂ Adalberto Almeida y Merino
July 24 Ã¢ÂÂ Juan Manuel Orozco Serrano, politician PRI, former municipal president of CuautitlÃÂ¡n, Jalisco; murdered.
July 25 Ã¢ÂÂ Miguel ÃÂngel GutiÃÂ©rrez ÃÂvila (born 1955)
July 27 Ã¢ÂÂ Isaac Saba Raffoul
July 30 Ã¢ÂÂ Alejandro Aura
August 30 Ã¢ÂÂ Gilberto RincÃÂ³n Gallardo
September 24 Ã¢ÂÂ HÃÂ©ctor Lorenzo RÃÂos, politician PRD, municipal president of Ayutla, Guerrero; murdered.
September 29 Ã¢ÂÂ Miguel CÃÂ³rcega, 78, actor and director, stroke.
October 4 Ã¢ÂÂ Servando GonzÃÂ¡lez
October 8 Ã¢ÂÂ Salvador Vergara Cruz, politician PRI, municipal president of Ixtapan de la Sal, State of Mexico; murdered.
November 4 Ã¢ÂÂ Juan Camilo MouriÃÂ±o
December 2 Ã¢ÂÂ Carlos Abascal
December 12 Ã¢ÂÂ Amalia SolÃÂ³rzano, First Lady of Mexico (1934-1940) (b. 1911)

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