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2018 In Mexico
This is a list of events that happened in 2018 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels. Incumbents President * President **Enrique Peña Nieto Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI, until November 30 **Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) MORENA, starting December 1 Cabinet Governors *Aguascalientes: Martín Orozco Sandoval PAN *Baja California: Francisco Vega de Lamadrid PAN *Baja California Sur: Carlos Mendoza Davis PAN *Campeche: Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas PRI *Chiapas: ** Manuel Velasco Coello PVEM, until December 7 **Rutilio Escandón MORENA, starting December 8 *Chihuahua: Javier Corral Jurado PAN *Coahuila: Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís PRI *Colima: José Ignacio Peralta PRI *Distrito Federal / Mexico City: **Miguel Ángel Mancera, Independent, until March 29, 2018 ** José Ramón Amieva, PRDMarch 29, 2018 – December 4, 2018 **Claudia Sheinbaum MORENA, starting Decemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018
Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of South Sudan. * January 12– 13 – The first round of voting in the 2018 Czech presidential election is held. * January 20 – Turkey, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announces the beginning of a military offensive to capture a portion of northern Syria from Kurdish forces, amidst the ongoing Kurdish–Turkish conflict. * January 20– 22 – The US government enters a federal government shutdown as a result of a dispute over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. * January 24 – Scientists in China report in the journal '' Cell'' the creation of the first monkey clones using somatic cell nuclear transfer, named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua. * January 26– 27 – The second round of voting of the 2018 Czech presidential ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Ignacio Peralta
José Ignacio Peralta Sánchez (born October 1, 1970) is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served as the Governor of Colima until 2021. Life Peralta was born in the state capital of Colima City and earned his bachelor's degree in economics at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). In 1993, he began working for the Banco de México, and three years later, he began pursuing a master's degree from the University of Essex; from 1998 to 2002, Peralta was a deputy manager in Banxico's department devoted to international exchange and metals and finished his career at the central bank in the national exchange division. Peralta first joined the Colima state government in 2004 as the state Secretary of Economic Development. His five-year tenure in the post was marked by the completion of a natural gas refining and storage facility in Manzanillo. He left the post in 2009 in order to run for the municipal presidency of Colima City, which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvano Aureoles Conejo
Silvano Aureoles Conejo (born 23 August 1965) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and former governor of Michoacán. Career An agricultural engineer and has a Master in Science in Forestry for Regional Rural Development from the Chapingo Autonomous University, Aureoles Conejo has been Executive Commissioner and State Executive Coordinator (UNORCA), participating in discussion forums MOCAF network representation, member of the General Coordination of Permanent Agrarian Congress (1997) Agricultural and Forestry Front Worthy's Budget for Field (1997-1999) Aureoles Conejo was a Federal Deputy in the 58th Congress, President of the Rural Development Commission, a member of the Committees on Forestry, Agriculture, Ecology and Environment in the Chamber of Deputies. He was mayor of Zitácuaro, President of the Coordinating Municipalista of Michoacán (2002-2003) and Secretary General of the Association of Local Authorities of Mexic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Del Mazo Maza
Alfredo del Mazo Maza (born 5 December 1975) is a Mexican politician formerly affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as Governor of the State of Mexico from 2017 to 2023. Members of del Mazo's family have collectively governed the State of Mexico for 23 years, starting with his grandfather Alfredo del Mazo Vélez (1945-1951); then followed by his father Alfredo del Mazo González (1981-1986) and his cousin Enrique Peña Nieto (2005-2011); adding Arturo Montiel, Peña Nieto's uncle, the del Mazo family's rule extends to 29 years. Early life Del Mazo was born on 5 December 1975 to Alfredo del Mazo González, governor of the State of Mexico between 1981 and 1986; his grandfather, Alfredo del Mazo Vélez, was in turn governor between 1945 and 1951. He is also a cousin of former president and former governor Enrique Peña Nieto. He attended the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and graduated with a degree in business administration, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Alfaro Ramírez
Enrique Alfaro Ramírez (born June 20, 1973) is a Mexican politician who was the Governor of Jalisco from 2018 to 2024. In 2009, he served as mayor of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga. He mounted his gubernatorial campaign in 2012 under the Movimiento Ciudadano (MC) party but lost to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Alfaro Ramírez decided to run for mayor of Guadalajara that year and won the elections. After serving for three years, he ran for governor again under the MC and was victorious. This victory marked the MC's first gubernatorial win in its history. Within a week of the election results, however, he resigned from the MC and decided to be an independent governor, claiming he was never an active member of the MC. Early life and education Alfaro Ramírez was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, on June 20, 1973. He obtained a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESO) in 1995 and a master's degree in urban stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristóteles Sandoval
Jorge Aristóteles Sandoval Díaz (22 January 1974 – 18 December 2020) was a Mexican politician belonging to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as Governor of Jalisco from 2013 to 2018. On 18 December 2020 he was assassinated in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. Education and personal life Aristóteles Sandoval was the son of Leonel Sandoval and Sagrario Díaz. His father was a magistrate for the Supreme Court of Justice of the State of Jalisco. He completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Guadalajara. He also has a degree in law from the University of Guadalajara and a master's degree in politics and public development from the Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education. He was the head of the University of Guadalajara student organization, the Federation of University Students (FEU) and directed the PRI youth organization, the Revolutionary Youth Front (FJR) of Guadalajara. Political activity Between 2001 and 2003, he was an alderm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Fayad
Omar Fayad Meneses (born 26 August 1962) is a Mexican politician from the state of Hidalgo who has served as a federal deputy and senator. He served as the Governor of Hidalgo from 2016 to 2022. He is a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Political career Fayad was born on 26 August 1962 in Zempoala, Hidalgo, to a Lebanese father and a Mexican mother. He obtained his law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1985. After his graduation, he worked in Attorney General of Mexico's office for several years. In 1989, he moved to the National Institute of Penal Sciences (INACIPE) and later served at various education posts in the state of Hidalgo. He served as Hidalgo's secretary of public education and attorney general during 1996–98. He then served in several public safety and security capacities, including as a police commissioner or customs administrator. He also made regular appearances on radio programs as a political analyst. In 2000, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héctor Astudillo Flores
Héctor Antonio Astudillo Flores (born 3 July 1958) is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the governor of Guerrero from 2015 to 2021. He had previously served in the Senate for Guerrero during the 58th and 59th sessions of Congress and as municipal president of Chilpancingo de los Bravo between 2009 and 2012. He was also elected to the Congress of Guerrero for two terms (1994–1996 and 1999–2000). On 9 June 2020, Governor Astudillo Flores reported he had contracted COVID-19, but that he planned to continue remote work Remote work (also called telecommuting, telework, work from or at home, WFH as an initialism, hybrid work, and other terms) is the practice of work (human activity), working at or from one's home or Third place, another space rather than from ...ing. As of that date, Guerrero reported 2,325 confirmed cases and 347 deaths from the virus. References 1958 births Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Sinhué Rodríguez Vallejo
Diego Sinhué Rodríguez Vallejo (born 15 November 1980) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN) who served as the governor of Guanajuato from 2018 to 2024. He previously represented his state as a federal deputy in the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress. Life Sinhué was born in León and received his law degree from the in that city in 2003. He became a PAN member in 2005, sitting on its municipal youth committee and becoming the head of training in the state's third district. In 2006, he was elected as a ''regidor'' on León's city council, and in 2010, he was elected to the Guanajuato state congress, serving two years and presiding over the Urban Development and Public Works Commission. In 2012, voters in Guanajuato's fifth federal electoral district, which includes portions of León, sent Sinhué to the Chamber of Deputies for the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress. He was a secretary on the Budget and Public Account Commissi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Márquez Márquez
Miguel Márquez Márquez (born 11 November 1968) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He served as governor of Guanajuato from 2012 to 2018. Prior to his governorship, Márquez was mayor (municipal president) of his hometown of Purísima del Rincón, Guanajuato, in 2001–2003. Márquez Márquez won election as one of Guanajuato's senators in the 2024 Senate election, occupying the first place on the National Action Party's two-name formula. References External links Official website 1968 births Living people Politicians from Guanajuato Governors of Guanajuato National Action Party (Mexico) politicians University of Salamanca alumni 21st-century Mexican politicians {{Mexico-politician-NationalAction-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Rosas Aispuro
José Rosas Aispuro Torres (born 19 October 1961) is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN) who served as the governor of Durango from 2016 to 2022. From 2012 to 2015, he served as senator in the 62nd and 63rd Congresses representing Durango. He also was Municipal President of Durango, Durango, from 2001 to 2004. He was member of the Chamber of Deputies in the 56th (for Durango's 3rd district) and 60th Congresses (as a plurinominal deputy), when he was affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Life Aispuro Torres was born on 19 October 1961, in Tamazula, Durango. He became a member of the PRI in 1980 and began pursuing his bachelor's degree in law from the Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa in 1981. After also obtaining his doctorate in law, he served in the Durango state government and the PRI before his first tour as a federal legislator. He was a deputy in the 56th Congress, where he sat on the Human Rights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Sheinbaum
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (born 24 June 1962) is a Mexican politician, energy and climate change scientist, and academic who has served as the 66th president of Mexico since 2024. She is the List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government, first woman to hold the office. A member of the Morena (political party), National Regeneration Movement (Morena), she previously served as List of mayors of Mexico City, Head of Government of Mexico City from 2018 to 2023. In 2024, ''Forbes'' ranked Sheinbaum as Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women, the fourth most powerful woman in the world. A scientist by profession, Sheinbaum received her Doctor of Philosophy in energy engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She has co-authored over 100 articles and two books on energy, the environment, and sustainable development. She contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and, in 2018, was named one of 100 Women (BBC), BB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
