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2023 In Mexico
This article lists events occurring in Mexico during 2023. It lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels and will include a brief year-end summary of major social and economic issues. Cultural events, including major sporting events, are also listed. Incumbents President and cabinet * President of Mexico, President: Andres Manuel López Obrador Morena (political party), MORENA * Secretariat of the Interior, Interior: Olga Sánchez Cordero * Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico), Foreign Affairs: Marcelo Ebrard * Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (Mexico), Treasury: Arturo Herrera (Mexican politician), Arturo Herrera * Secretariat of Economy (Mexico), Economy: Tatiana Clouthier Carrillo * Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Mexico), Environment: Maria Luisa Albores * Secretariat of Tourism (Mexico), Tourism: Miguel Torruco Marqués * Secretariat of the Civil Service, Civil Service: Irma Sandoval-Ballesteros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretariat Of The Civil Service
The Mexican Secretariat of the Civil Service (Spanish: ''Secretaría de la Función Pública'', ''SFP'') is the entity of the cabinet of Mexico in charge of coordinating, assessing and monitoring the public exercise of the federal government. It was created in 1982 as the Secretariat of the Comptroller General of the Federation and was known as the Secretary of Accounting and Administrative Development from 1994 to 2003. After years of inactivity because of the failure to allocate a secretary by the incoming government of Enrique Peña Nieto Enrique Peña Nieto (; born 20 July 1966), commonly referred to by his initials EPN, is a Mexican former politician and lawyer who was the 64th president of Mexico from 2012 to 2018. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he p ..., the Secretariat was reactivated on February 3, 2015, and said president appointed as his secretary. Roberto Salcedo Aquino became the current head of the SFP in June 2021. In recent years, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Rafael Ojeda Durán
José Rafael Ojeda Durán (born 3 February 1954) is the former Mexican Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. He has worked in the Mexican Navy in various positions for nearly 50 years. He is a member of the Mexican Legion of Honor. Biography José Rafael Ojeda Durán was born on 3 February 1954. Joining the Heroica Escuela Naval Militar (where he later served as a professor) in 1969, he later graduated as a Guardiamarina (Midshipman) in 1974. In the time after his graduation, he served in the Navy for 50 years on a variety of vessels, commands, and assorted offices. Among these: he led the Eighth Naval Region, Fourteenth Naval Region, Sixth Flotilla, Pacific Naval Force, Chief of Naval Operations, and was a Senior Naval Admiral. Durán was appointed to Secretariat of the Navy under the presidential cabinet of Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretariat Of The Navy
The Secretariat of the Navy (, SEMAR) is one of the twenty-one state secretariats of the government of Mexico. It is in charge of designing, planning, executing and coordinating public policies related to the Mexican Navy. The Secretary of the Navy is a member of the federal executive cabinet, as well as the highest-ranking Mexican naval officer with the responsibility of commanding the Mexican Navy, including the Mexican Marine Corps as well as the Mexican merchant marine service. The secretary is appointed by the President of Mexico. Functions Based on article 30 of the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration, among other actions the Secretariat is mandated to: * Organize and administer the affairs of the Mexican Navy * Manage the assets and reserves of the Navy in all its aspects * Grant licenses and withdrawals, and intervene in the pensions of Navy service personnel * Exercise sovereignty in territorial waters, as well as monitoring the coast of the territory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Cresencio Sandoval
Luis Crescencio Sandoval González (born 7 February 1960) is the former Mexican Secretary of Defense. Biography Luis Cresencio Sandoval Gonzalez was born on 7 February 1960 in Ensenada, Baja California. In the Heroic Military Academy he attended high school and studies of formation of army officers. He also graduated in administration military school Superior of war. He holds a bachelor's degree in military administration from the National Superior School of War, and a master's degree in military administration for national defense and security. Sandoval has served as a section Commander in the Third Battalion of Military Police in the City of Mexico; he was also Head of the Technical Section and Private Secretary of the Senior Officer of the SEDENA. He was Deputy Chief of Staff of the General Headquarters of the Military Zone of Colima 20, as well as Deputy Chief of Section Five and Six of the Presidential Staff, as well as Commander of the Fourth Military Region. In a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretariat Of National Defense (Mexico)
The Mexican Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA; ) is the government department responsible for managing Mexico's Army and Air Forces. Its head is the Secretary of National Defense who, like the co-equal Secretary of the Navy, is directly answerable to the President. Before 1937, the position was called the '' Secretary of War and Navy'' (''Secretaría de Guerra y Marina''). The agency has its headquarters in Lomas de Sotelo, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City. " Secretariat of National Defense. Retrieved on February 15, 2011. "Blvd. Manuel Ávila Camacho S/N. Esq. Av. Ind. Mil., Col. Lomas de Sotelo; Deleg. Miguel Hidalgo, D.F. C.P. 11640." Some key figures who answer directly to the Secretary are the Assistant Secretary, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, and all military tribunals. Alongside his role as a cabinet member the Secretary shares, since 2020, the official ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandra Frausto Guerrero
Alejandra Frausto Guerrero (born 25 March 1972) is a Mexican lawyer and cultural director. From 1 December 2018 to 1 October 2024, she was the head of the Secretariat of Culture of Mexico appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Biography Frausto received a law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countri .... From 2004 to 2006, she served as cultural director of the University of the Cloister of Sor Juana. In 2018, she was announced as the head of Secretariat of Culture in the 2018 to 2024 administration and took office on 1 December of that year. References 1972 births Living people National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Women secretaries of sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretariat Of Culture
The Secretariat of Culture () — formerly known as the National Council for Culture and Arts ( or CONACULTA) before being elevated to ministerial level in 2015 — is a Mexican government agency in charge of the nation's museums and monuments, promoting and protecting the arts (visual, plastic, theatrical, musical, dance, architectural, literary, televisual and cinematographic), and managing the national archives. It was created in 1988 and was a decentralized body of the Secretariat of Public Education (). On December 18, 2015, CONACULTA was elevated to a secretariat following the passage of a law originally promoted three months earlier by President Enrique Peña Nieto. Diplomat, historian and lawyer Rafael Tovar y de Teresa was the first culture secretary; in office for one year since CONACULTA was elevated to a Cabinet-level position in December 2015 until 10 December 2016, when Tovar y de Teresa died in Mexico city at the age of 62. Subsidiaries Subsidiaries of the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier May Rodríguez
Javier May Rodríguez (born 5 May 1966) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). He served as the General Director of the (Fonatur) in 2022–2023 and as the Secretary of Welfare in 2020–2022. He has also been elected to the Senate for Tabasco Tabasco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Tabasco, 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa. It i ..., to the state congress, and for two terms as the mayor of his home town of Comalcalco, Tabasco. May contended for governor of Tabasco in the 2 June 2024 election, representing the Morena-led '' Sigamos Haciendo Historia'' coalition. He won over 80% of the popular vote and took the oath of office as governor on 30 September 2024. References External links Senator profileat the Legislative Information System (SIL) Living peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretariat Of Welfare (Mexico)
The Secretariat of Welfare ( Spanish: ''Secretaría de Bienestar'') is the government department in charge of social development efforts in Mexico. The Secretary of Welfare is a member of the Executive Cabinet, and is appointed at the discretion of the President of the Republic. The Secretariat of Welfare aims to eliminate poverty through comprehensive, collectively responsible human development, achieve adequate levels of well-being with adjustment to government policies, and improvement through social, economic and political factors in rural and urban areas to enhance local organization, city development and housing. Between 1992 and 2018, the agency was known as the Secretariat of Social Development (''Secretaría de Desarrollo Social''), or SEDESOL. History The agency was established as the Secretariat of Public Works (''Secretaría de Obras Públicas'') in 1959. In 1976, it changed its name to the Secretariat of Human Settlements and Public Works (''Secretaría de Asentami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Román Meyer Falcón
Román Guillermo Meyer Falcón is a Mexican politician and member of the National Regeneration Movement. He was appointed to the Cabinet of Mexico as Secretary of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development (SEDATU) by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in December 2018. Education Román Meyer Falcón received his bachelor's degree in architecture from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, and a master's degree in Urban Management from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain. He has taught at the Universidad Iberoamericana The Ibero-American University (), also referred to by its acronym ''UIA'' but commonly known as ''Ibero'' or ''La Ibero'', is a private, Catholic, Mexican higher education institution, sponsored by the Mexican province of the Society of Jesus ( .... Professional career Co-founder of the firm ''Central Urbana,'' Meyer Falcón's projects focused on rescuing public spaces and working-class neighborhoods, publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretariat Of Agrarian, Land, And Urban Development (Mexico)
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The Secretariat for Agrarian, Land and Urban Development (Spanish: ''Secretaría de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano'', ''SEDATU'') is the Mexican cabinet agency in charge of agriculture, urban development and living space. History SEDATU was established by reforms to the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration that were promulgated on January 2, 2013. With its creation, the Secretariat of Agrarian Reform was dissolved. Subsidiary agencies include Infonavit, the national workers' housing fund. References External links Official site of the President's Cabinet Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development Mexico Mexico Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |