This is a list of events that happened in

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

President

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Vicente Fox Vicente Fox Quesada (; born 2 July 1942) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. After campaigning as a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist, Fox was elected president on the Nat ...

PAN, until November 30 **

Felipe Calderón Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (; born 18 August 1962) is a Mexican politician and lawyer who served as the 63rd president of Mexico from 2006 to 2012 and Secretary of Energy during the presidency of Vicente Fox between 2003 and 2004. ...

PAN, starting December 1

Cabinet

Interior Secretary The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land along with natur ...

(SEGOB) **

Santiago Creel Santiago Creel Miranda (; born on 11 December 1954) is a Mexican lawyer and politician, and a member of the National Action Party (PAN). Since 1 September 2021, he has been a federal deputy and the current president of the Congress of the Uni ...

, until November 30 **

Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña (born April 22, 1952) is a Mexican politician who belongs to the National Action Party (PAN). He has been Municipal President of Guadalajara, Governor of Jalisco from 2001 to 2006 and from December 1, 2006, to Ja ...

, starting December 1 * Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE) **

Luis Ernesto Derbez Luis Ernesto Derbez Bautista (born April 1, 1947, in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician and rector of the Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP). He served as Mexico's Secretary of Economy from 2000 to 2002 and Secretary of Foreign ...

, until November 30 **

Patricia Espinosa Patricia Espinosa Cantellano (born October 21, 1958) is a Mexican diplomat who served as the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2016 to 2022. She was Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet ...

, starting December 1 * Communications Secretary (SCT) ** Pedro Cerisola, until November 30 **

Luis Téllez Luis Manuel Enrique Téllez Kuenzler (born October 13, 1958) is a Mexican economist. He is a former Secretary of Energy in the cabinet of Ernesto Zedillo and served as Secretary of Communications and Transportation in the cabinet of President Fel ...

, starting December 1 * Education Secretary (SEP) ** Reyes Tamez, until November 30 **

Josefina Vázquez Mota Josefina Eugenia Vázquez Mota ( o̞.se̞'fi.na'βas.ke̞s'mo̞.ta (born 20 January 1961, in Mexico City) is a businessperson and politician who was the presidential candidate of the National Action Party (PAN) for the 2012 elections. Vázqu ...

, starting December 1 *

Secretary of Defense A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divided ...

(SEDENA) **

Gerardo Clemente Vega Gerardo Clemente R. Vega García (28 March 1940 – 22 June 2022) was a Mexican general who served from 2000 to 2006 as Minister of Defense. Biography Vega studied at the Heróico Colegio Militar., he received a bachelor's degree in admini ...

, until November 30 **

Guillermo Galván Galván Guillermo Galván Galván (born January 19, 1943) is a Mexican general. He formerly served as secretary of National Defense for the government of Felipe Calderon. He was succeeded 1 December 2012 by Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda. He holds a mas ...

, starting December 1 * Secretary of Navy (SEMAR) **Marco Antonio Peyrot González, until November 30 **

Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza (20 September 1942 – 4 November 2020) was an admiral in the Mexican Navy. Career Born in Veracruz, Veracruz, Saynez enrolled in the Navy on 22 January 1959 and graduated as a cadet of the Heroic Naval Acade ...

, starting December 1 * Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS) **

Francisco Javier Salazar Sáenz Francisco Javier Salazar Sáenz is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party PAN. He was the Secretary of Labor from 2005 to 2006. Education Salazar Sáenz studied chemistry at the National Autonomous University of Mexico ...

, until November 30 **

Javier Lozano Alarcón Javier Lozano Alarcón (born November 21, 1962) is a Mexican politician who served Secretary of Labor in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón. He was elected as a senator to the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress, representing Puebla ...

, starting December 1 * Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL) **

, until November 30 **

Beatriz Zavala María Beatriz Zavala Peniche (born October 23, 1957, in Mérida, Yucatán) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party PAN who has served in the lower and upper house of the Mexican Congress. In 2006 Felipe Calderón desi ...

, starting December 1 * Tourism Secretary (SECTUR):

Rodolfo Elizondo Torres Rodolfo Elizondo Torres (born July 18, 1946) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN. Elizondo Torres was born in Durango, and holds a bachelor's degree in administration from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education ( ...

* Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT) **

José Luis Luege Tamargo José Luis Luege Tamargo (born November 9, 1953, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican politician and bureaucrat. Luege holds a degree in Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering at UNAM, where he taught for five years. He obtained two specialties i ...

, until November 30 **

Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada (born 11 April 1956 in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party PAN who served as Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources in the cabinet of Felipe Calderón. He is als ...

, starting December 1 *

Secretary of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare spending and other social security services. Some governments have separate Minister of Mental Health, ...

(SALUD) **

Julio Frenk Julio José Frenk Mora (born December 20, 1953) is a Mexican public health scholar and sociologist, currently serving as the 7th chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles since January 1, 2025. Frenk graduated from the University ...

, until November 30 **

José Ángel Córdova José Ángel Córdova Villalobos (born 19 August 1953, in Mexico) is a Mexican politician who served as Secretariat of Health (Mexico), Secretary of Health and Secretariat of Public Education (Mexico), Secretary of Public Education during Felipe C ...

, starting December 1 * Secretary of Public Security (SSP) **

Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza Eduardo Tomás Medina-Mora Icaza (born 30 January 1957 in Mexico City) is a Mexican lawyer. He served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Mexico from 10 March 2015 to 8 October 2019, when the Mexican Senate approved his resignation following ...

, until November 30 **

Genaro García Luna Genaro García Luna (born 10 July 1968) is a Mexican former government official and convicted drug trafficker. From 2006 to 2012, he served as Secretary of Public Security during the administration of Felipe Calderón. He was later found to hav ...

, starting December 1 *

Secretary of Finance and Public Credit The Secretariat of the Treasury and Public Credit (, SHCP) is the finance minister, finance ministry of Mexico. The Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the department, and is a member of the Mexican Executive Cabinet, federal executive cabi ...

(SHCP) **

Francisco Gil Díaz Francisco Gil Díaz (born 2 September 1943 in Mexico City) is a Mexican economist who served as Secretary of Finance in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox and currently serves as regional chairman of Telefónica for Mexico and Central America. ...

, until November 30 ** Agustín Carstens, starting December 1 *

Secretariat of Energy (Mexico) In Mexico, the Secretariat of Energy (Spanish Language, Spanish: ''Secretaría de Energia'') is the Ministry (government department), government department in charge of production and regulation of energy. This secretary is a member of the Mexican ...

(SENER): Georgina Yamilet Kessel Martínez, starting December 1 *

Secretary of Agriculture The United States secretary of agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture. The position carries similar responsibilities to those of agriculture ministers in other governments The department includes several organiz ...

(SAGARPA):

Alberto Cárdenas Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez (born April 4, 1958) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the conservative National Action Party (Mexico), National Action Party (PAN). He is a former governor of Jalisco, (1995 – 2001). And Secretary of Agricult ...

, starting December 1 * Secretary of Public Function (FUNCIÓN PÚBLICA): German Martínez Cázares, starting December 1 *

Secretary of Agrarian Reform The secretary of agrarian reform ( Filipino: ''Kalihim ng Repormang Pansakahan'') in the Philippines is the head of the country's Department of Agrarian Reform and is a member of the president's Cabinet. Powers and functions According to t ...

(SRA): Germán Martínez, starting December 1 *

Attorney General of Mexico The attorney general of the Republic is the head of the Attorney General's Office (; prior to 2019, ) and the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office of the United Mexican States, an institution belonging to the Federal Government's constitutional ...

(PRG) **Daniel Cabeza de Vaca, until November 30 **

, starting December 1

Supreme Court

* President of the Supreme Court:

Mariano Azuela Güitrón Mariano Azuela Güitrón (1 April 1936 – 16 May 2025) was a Mexican jurist who was a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) from 1983 to 2009 and served as its president (chief justice) from 2003 to 2007. Personal life an ...

Governors

Aguascalientes Aguascalientes, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes, is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and with an average altitude of above sea level it is pre ...

Luis Armando Reynoso Luis Armando Reynoso Femat (born 15 August 1957) founded “El grupo Inmobiliario Reynoso Femat” which are companies dedicated to the promotion, construction and sale of housing. In 1985, he was vice-president of the Mexican council of the i ...

PAN *

Baja California Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...

Eugenio Elorduy Walther Eugenio Elorduy Walther (November 21, 1940 – September 23, 2023) was a Mexican politician. He was governor of his adoptive state of Baja California from November 1, 2001 to October 31, 2007. His wife Maria Elena Blackaller served as first lady ...

PAN *

Baja California Sur Baja California Sur, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur, is a state in Mexico. It is the 31st and last state to be admitted, in 1974. It is also the second least populated Mexican state and the ninth-largest state by ...

Narciso Agúndez Montaño Narciso Agúndez Montaño (born 26 October 1958) is a Mexican former politician who served as governor of Baja California Sur from 2005 to 2011. Elected on February 6, 2005, he took office on April 5, 2005, and is the second member of Party of t ...

PRD *

Campeche Campeche, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche, is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, make up the Administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the sta ...

: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez PAN *

Chiapas Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises Municipalities of Chiapas, 124 municipalities and its capital and large ...

** Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía PRD, until December 7 **

Juan Sabines Guerrero Juan José Sabines Guerrero (born August 20, 1968) is a Mexican politician, son of the former Governor of Chiapas, Juan Sabines Gutiérrez and nephew of the writer Jaime Sabines. Until, 2006 he was member of the Institutional Revolutionary Par ...

(

Coalition for the Good of All The Coalition for the Good of All () was a left-wing coalition created by the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), Convergence and the Labor Party (PT) to support Andrés Manuel López Obrador as a candidate for the presidency of Mexico in ...

), starting December 8 * Chihuahua:

José Reyes Baeza Terrazas José Reyes Baeza Terrazas (born 20 September 1961) is a Mexican politician and lawyer. In 2004, he was elected Governor of Chihuahua as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party for the term ending in 2010. Prior to that, he was Chair ...

PRI *

Coahuila Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón and the thi ...

Humberto Moreira Humberto Moreira Valdés (born 28 July 1966) is a Mexican politician who served as President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He was Governor of the State of Coahuila from 2005 to 2011. Moreira was included in a list of the "10 most c ...

PRI *

Colima Colima, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Colima, is among the 31 states that make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima. Colima is a small state of western Mexico on the cen ...

Gustavo Vázquez Montes Gustavo Alberto Vázquez Montes (August 16, 1962 – February 24, 2005) was a Mexican politician. At the time of his death he was serving as the Governor of Colima, representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Vázquez Montes w ...

PRI *

Durango Durango, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, is one of the 31 states which make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in the northwest portion of the country. With a population of 1,832,650 ...

: Ismael Hernández PRI *

Guanajuato Guanajuato, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato, is one of the 32 states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Guanajuato, 46 municipalities and its cap ...

Juan Carlos Romero Hicks Juan Carlos Romero Hicks (Guanajuato, Guanajuato; December 10, 1955) is a Mexican politician and elected official, member of the National Action Party, and a Federal Senator since August 29, 2012. He was the Director General of the Mexican Nati ...

PAN, until September 25 **

Juan Manuel Oliva Juan Manuel Oliva Ramírez (born March 21, 1960 León, Guanajuato) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party PAN who served as Governor of Guanajuato from 2006 to 2012. Juan Manuel Oliva, a journalist who studied at the ...

PAN, starting September 26 *

Guerrero Guerrero, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guerrero, is one of the 32 states that compose the administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Guerrero, 85 municipalities. The stat ...

Zeferino Torreblanca Carlos Zeferino Torreblanca Galindo (born March 14, 1954, in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican politician previously affiliated with the PRD Party of the Democratic Revolution now affiliated with the PT (Labor Party) and former governor of Gue ...

PRD *

Hidalgo Hidalgo may refer to: People * Hidalgo (nobility), members of the Spanish nobility * Hidalgo (surname) Places Mexico :''Most, if not all, named for Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811)'' * Hidalgo (state), in central Mexico * Hidalgo, Coah ...

Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong (; 5 August 1964) is a Mexican politician who served as the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of Enrique Peña Nieto. He was Governor of Hidalgo until April 2011. Early life Born in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Osorio ...

PRI *

Jalisco Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by s ...

PAN, until November 20 **

Gerardo Solís Gómez Gerardo Octavio Solís Gómez (born November 19, 1957, in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican politician, member of the National Action Party who has served as substitute Governor of Jalisco. Biography Solís Gómez served in the cabinet of ...

PAN, substitute governor *

State of Mexico The State of Mexico, officially just Mexico, is one of the 32 federal entities of the United Mexican States. Colloquially known as Edomex (from , the abbreviation of , and ), to distinguish it from the name of the whole country, it is the mo ...

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 ...

PRI *

Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo, is one of the 31 states which, together with Mexico City, compose the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The stat ...

Lázaro Cárdenas Batel Lázaro Cárdenas Batel (born 2 April 1964) is a Mexican politician. He served as governor of Michoacán from 2002 to 2008, representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). Prior to his election to that office in 2001, he had represen ...

PRD *

Morelos Morelos, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos, is a landlocked state located in south-central Mexico. It is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Mun ...

** Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez PAN, until October 1. **

Marco Antonio Adame Marco Antonio Adame Castillo (born 6 December 1960) is a Mexican politician, medical doctor, and member of the National Action Party (PAN). He served as governor of Morelos for the term of 2006—2012. Adame studied medicine and surgery at ...

PAN, starting October 1. *

Nayarit Nayarit, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in Municipalities of Nayarit, 20 municipalit ...

Ney González Sánchez Ney González Sánchez (born January 25, 1963) is a Mexican politician and a former governor of Nayarit (2005 – September 18, 2011). In 2000–2002 he served as a Chamber of Deputies (Mexico), federal deputy in the LVIII Legislature of the Me ...

Nuevo León Nuevo León, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, is a Administrative divisions of Mexico, state in northeastern Mexico. The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosí, San Luis ...

Fernando Canales Clariond Fernando de Jesús Canales Clariond (born July 21, 1946) is a Mexican politician and businessman affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He succeeded his cousin, Benjamín Clariond as governor of Nuevo León in 1997. He also served a ...

PAN *

Oaxaca Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of the Mexico, United Mexican States. It is divided into municipalities of Oaxaca, 570 munici ...

Ulises Ruiz Ortiz Ulises Ernesto Ruiz Ortiz (born April 9, 1958) is a Mexican politician and former governor of the State of Oaxaca. He took office in 2004 as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Early career In the 1997 mid-term election he ...

PRI *

Puebla Puebla, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Puebla, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its capital is Puebla City. Part of east-centr ...

Mario Plutarco Marín Torres Mario (; ) is a character created by the Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the star of the ''Mario'' franchise, a recurring character in the ''Donkey Kong'' franchise, and the mascot of the Japanese video game company Nintendo. ...

PRI *

Querétaro Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Querétaro, 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Querétaro Cit ...

Francisco Garrido Patrón Francisco Garrido Patrón (born 1953) is a Mexican politician who was Governor of Querétaro from 2003 to 2010, and member of the National Action Party (PAN). Previously, he was mayor of Querétaro City from 1 October 1997 to 30 September 2000. ...

PAN *

Quintana Roo Quintana Roo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 administrative divisions of Mexico, federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into municipalities of ...

Félix González Canto Félix Arturo González Canto (born 23 August 1968) is a Mexican politician and economist, affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). From 2005 until 2011 he was the governor of the state of Quintana Roo. He has previously hel ...

PRI *

San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí, officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí, is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 59 municipalities and is named after its capital city, San Luis Potosí. It ...

Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Jesus ( AD 30 or 33) was a Jewish preacher and religious leader who most Christians believe to be the incarnation of God and Muslims believe was a prophet. Jesus may also refer to: People Religious figures * Elymas Bar-Jesus, a Jew in the ''Act ...

PAN *

Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities, and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales. It is located in northwest Mexic ...

: Juan S. Millán PRI, until December 31 *

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...

Eduardo Bours José Eduardo Robinson Bours Castelo (born December 17, 1956) is a Mexican businessman who served as governor of Sonora under the Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI. He is a member of the Robinson Bours family which immigrated from the Uni ...

PRI *

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 ...

Manuel Andrade Díaz Manuel Andrade Díaz (born 1965 in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Villahermosa, Tabasco) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party, Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI and former Governor of Tabasco. He holds a law ...

PAN, until December 31 *

Tamaulipas Tamaulipas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas, is a state in Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities. It is located in nor ...

Eugenio Hernández Flores Eugenio Javier Hernández Flores (born October 17, 1959) is a Mexican people, Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was the mayor of Ciudad Victoria from 2001 to 2004 and governor of Tamaulipas from 2 ...

PRI *

Tlaxcala Tlaxcala, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala, is one of the 32 federal entities that comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Tlaxcala, 60 municipalities and t ...

: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya PRD *

Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...

Fidel Herrera Beltrán Fidel Herrera Beltrán (7 March 1949 – 2 May 2025) was a Mexican politician and lawyer affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as the governor of the state of Veracruz from 2004 to 2010. Career Herrera Beltrán ...

PRI *

Yucatán Yucatán, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 106 separate municipalities, and its capital city is Mérida. ...

: Víctor Cervera Pacheco PRI *

Zacatecas Zacatecas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Zacatecas, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 31 states of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Zacatecas, 58 municipalities and its capital city is Zacatecas City, Zacatec ...

Amalia García Amalia Dolores García Medina (born October 6, 1951) is a Mexican politician and a former governor of Zacatecas. Early life García was born into a Political families of the world, political family. When she was five, her father Francisco G ...

PRD *

Head of Government of the Federal District The head of government () wields executive power in Mexico City. The head of government serves a six-year term, running concurrently with that of the president of the Republic. Mexico City, or CDMX, is the seat of national government, and is l ...

Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez (born May 13, 1954) is a Mexican left-wing politician. He served in the cabinet of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) during his tenure as Head of the Federal Government ( Mayor of Mexico City). Encinas succeeded ...

PRD, until December 4 **

Marcelo Ebrard Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón (; born 10 October 1959) is a Mexicans, Mexican politician who has served as the Secretariat of Economy, secretary of economy since 2024. He previously served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico), Secretary of ...

PRD, starting December 5

Events

* The

Broad Progressive Front The Broad Progressive Front (, FAP) was a legislative, electoral and governmental coalition of Centre-left politics, centre-left and Left-wing politics, leftist political parties in Mexico. The FAP was founded after the 2006 Mexican general electi ...

is founded * The

Garros Galería Garros Galería or Garros Gallery is located in Colonia Roma in Mexico City. It is the only art gallery and museum dedicated to cats in Mexico. History The enterprise was begun by siblings Joel and María del Carmen Nava Polina, along with Rodrigo ...

is established. * The

Televisa Law The Televisa Law (Spanish: ''Ley Televisa'') is the name given by the press to the Federal Law of Radio and Television (Spanish: Ley Federal de Radio y Televisión or LFRTV), a controversial law approved by the Congress of Mexico in 2006, shortly b ...

is approved. * The Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve is declared by the

UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International secur ...

in Morelos. * The Biosphere Reserve of Huatulco is declared by the

in Oaxaca. * January:

The Other Campaign The Other Campaign () is a political program by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation for the recognition and protection of indigenous rights and autonomy in Mexico.Mora, M. (2007). Zapatista anticapitalist politics and the "Other Campaign". ...

* January 25:

Juana Barraza Juana Dayanara Barraza Samperio (born 27 December 1957) is a Mexican serial killer and former professional wrestler dubbed ''La Mataviejitas'' (Sp. "The Little Old Lady Killer") sentenced to 759 years in prison for the killing of 16 elderly wo ...

is apprehended. * February 4: Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel and Towers incident. * February 19:

Pasta de Conchos mine disaster The Pasta de Conchos mine disaster occurred at approximately 2:30 a.m. Central Standard Time Zone, CST on February 19, 2006, after a methane explosion within a coal mine near Nueva Rosita, San Juan de Sabinas Municipality, in the Mexican States ...

* March 2:

Cumbres case The Cumbres case was a media event that occurred on March 2, 2006, in the city of Monterrey, in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. It centered on the double homicide of María Fernanda and Érik Azur Peña Coss, and the attempted murder of Érika Pe ...

* March:

Santiago Mexquititlán raid In March 2006, six plainclothes agents of Mexico's Federal Investigations Agency (AFI) raided a market in Santiago Mexquititlán, Querétaro, in search of unauthorized copies of copyrighted works. The agents later alleged that they were held hostag ...

* April 10: 2006 Mexico DC-9 drug bust * May: Jojutla crater discovered on

Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is also known as the "Red Planet", because of its orange-red appearance. Mars is a desert-like rocky planet with a tenuous carbon dioxide () atmosphere. At the average surface level the atmosph ...

by astronomer Andres Eloy Martínez Rojas. * May 3: 2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco * May 27:

Eutelsat 113 West A Eutelsat 113 West A, formerly Satmex-6, is a geostationary communications satellite which is operated by Eutelsat. Originally built for Mexico's Satmex, it was launched in 2006. The satellite was acquired by Eutelsat in its 2014 merger with Satmex ...

is launched. * June 17:

Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca The Mexican state of Oaxaca was embroiled in a conflict that lasted more than seven months and resulted in at least seventeen deaths and the occupation of the capital city of Oaxaca by the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO). The con ...

* June 27:

Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport Angel is a given name meaning "angel", "messenger". In the English-speaking world Angel is used for both boys and girls. From the medieval Latin masculine name ''Angelus'', which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derive ...

inaugurated. * June 28: Miss Latin America 2006 held in

Riviera Maya The Riviera Maya () is a tourism and resort district south of Cancun, Mexico. It straddles the coastal Federal Highway 307, along the Caribbean coastline of the state of Quintana Roo, located in the eastern portion of the Yucatán Peninsula. O ...

. * September 2:

Nuestra Belleza México 2006 Nuestra Belleza México 2006, the 13th Nuestra Belleza México beauty pageant, was held at the Espacio Cultural Metropolitano of Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico on September 2, 2006. Thirty contestants of the Mexican Republic competed for the nationa ...

* September 16: the

Faro del Comercio Faro del Comercio is a monument designed by the accomplished Mexican architect Luis Barragán and constructed in 1984 by architect Raúl Ferrera. It is a recognizable sight in Monterrey among many other modern manmade landmarks, such as Neptune ...

is re-inaugurated. * November 10: The government of

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

approves a law on civil unions, becoming the first local government to allow same sex unions in Mexico. * December 11:

Beginning Beginning may refer to: *''Beginning'', an album by Pakho Chau * ''Beginning'' (play), a 2017 play by David Eldridge * ''Beginning'' (2020 film), a Georgian-French drama film * ''Beginning'' (2023 film), an Indian Tamil-language drama film *"Begin ...

of the

Mexican Drug War The Mexican drug war is an List of ongoing armed conflicts, ongoing Asymmetric warfare, asymmetric armed conflict between the Federal government of Mexico, Mexican government and various Drug cartel#Mexico, drug trafficking syndicates. When the ...

*''unknown date'': Galia Moss, a Latin American sailor crosses the Atlantic Ocean alone.

Elections

2006 Mexican general election General elections were held in Mexico on Sunday, 2 July 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of Mexico, President of the Republic to serve a six-year term, replacing then President Vicente Fox (ineligible for re-election under ...

* 2006 Chiapas state election * 2006 Colima state election *

2006 Mexican Federal District election Elections were held in the Federal District of Mexico (Mexico City) were on Sunday, 2 July 2006 to elect the district's Head of Government, all 66 deputies of the Legislative Assembly, and 16 borough mayors. Marcelo Ebrard, a member of the Par ...

2006 Guanajuato state election A local election was held in the Mexican state of Guanajuato on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the local level: *A new Governor of Guanajuato to serve for a six-year term. * 46 municipal presidents (mayors) to serve for ...

2006 Jalisco state election A local election was held in the Mexican state of Jalisco on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the local level: *A new Governor of Jalisco to serve for a six-year term. Emilio González Márquez ( PAN) won. * 125 municipa ...

2006 Nuevo León state election A local election was scheduled to be held in the States of Mexico, Mexican state of Nuevo León on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters will go to the polls to elect, on the local level: *Municipalities of Nuevo León, 51 municipal presidents (mayors) to ...

* 2006 Sonora state election * 2006 State of Mexico election *

2006 Tabasco state election The 2006 Tabasco state election was held in the Mexican state of Tabasco on Sunday, 15 October 2006 to elect the Governor of Tabasco, municipal presidents across the state, and local deputies in the state Congress. The election took place month ...

Awards

Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor The Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor () is the highest award bestowed by the Mexican Senate. It forms part of the Mexican Honors System and is currently Mexico's highest active award since there are no records of the '' Condecoración "Migu ...

Jesús Kumate Rodríguez Jesús Kumate Rodríguez (13 November 1924 – 7 May 2018) was a Mexican physician and politician. He served as the Secretariat of Health, Secretary of Health during the presidency of Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Early life and education Kuma ...

Order of the Aztec Eagle The Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle () forms part of the Mexican Honors System and is the highest Mexican order awarded to foreigners. History It was created by decree on December 29, 1933, by President Abelardo L. Rodríguez as a reward to ...

National Prize for Arts and Sciences The National Prize for Arts and Sciences () is awarded annually by the Government of Mexico in six categories. It is part of the Mexican Honours System and was established in 1945 by President Manuel Ávila Camacho to promote the country's artistic ...

* National Public Administration Prize *

Ohtli Award The Ohtli Award or Reconocimiento Ohtli is granted by the Institute of Mexicans Living Abroad (IME, by its acronym in Spanish) from the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and its focused to strengthen relations with the Mexican community that re ...

** Pete Gallego ** Buddy Garcia ** Ignacio E. Lozano, Jr. **

Ed Pastor Edward Lopez Pastor (; June 28, 1943 – November 27, 2018) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona from 1991 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arizon ...

Jared Polis Jared Schutz Polis ( ; ; born May 12, 1975) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 43rd governor of Colorado since 2019. He served one term on the Colorado State Board of Education from 2001 to 2007, and five terms as the Unite ...

** Santiago Wood

Popular culture

Sports

Primera División de México Clausura 2006 Primera División de México ''(Mexican First Division)'' Clausura 2006 is a Mexican football tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion(s) of Mexican football. It began on Friday, January 20, ...

Primera División de México Apertura 2006 Primera División de México ''(Mexico First Division)'' Apertura 2006 was the 2006 edition of La Primera División del Futbol Méxicano, crowning Mexico's autumn football champion. The season ran from August 5 to December 10, 2006. Querétaro w ...

2006 InterLiga America was originally set to participate in the 2006 InterLiga tournament, but their 2005 clausura championship qualified the team for the 2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Therefore, the club was replaced by Cruz Azul. The teams Tigres and Chivas ...

* 2005 Copa Sudamericana Finals *

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 ...

compete at the

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. *

Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional (Vuelta a Chihuahua) was a stage race held annually in October in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The Vuelta a Chihuahua was first contested in 2005, as part of the UCI America Tour The UCI Continental Circuits a ...

2006 Desafío Corona season The 2006 Desafio Corona season was the third season of stock car racing in Mexico, and the final with the name Desafío Corona. Schedule The 2006 schedule included for first time Puebla, Puebla, Puebla as venue. Results Races Referen ...

2006 Gran Premio Telmex The 2006 Gran Premio Telmex was the fourteenth and final round of the 2006 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on November 12, 2006, on the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico. The pol ...

2006 Rally México The 20º Corona Rally México, the third round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season took place from March 3–5, 2006. Event The event saw the first win of the season for Sébastien Loeb. After a spirited battle with Petter Solberg over th ...

* 2006 Mexican Figure Skating Championships * Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2006) * 2006 Centrobasket Women in Mexico City. * 2006 Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in

. * Mexico at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

Music

Film

* ''

Una película de huevos ''Una película de huevos'' (A Spanish title meaning either ''A Movie about Eggs'' or "a movie about balls" ourage is a 2006 Mexican animated adventure comedy film produced by Huevocartoon Producciones and distributed by Videocine, and is the f ...

'' * '' Efectos secundarios'' – September 1 * '' Pretendiendo'' * ''

Pan's Labyrinth ''Pan's Labyrinth'' () is a 2006 dark fantasy film written, directed and co-produced by Guillermo del Toro. The film stars Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, and Ariadna Gil. The story takes place in Spain in the summe ...

'' – October 2 * '' Así del precipicio'' * '' Cansada de besar sapos'' – December

Literature

TV

Telenovelas

* ''

Heridas de amor ''Heridas de amor'' (English: ''Wounds of Love'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Roberto Hernández for Televisa. It is a remake of the telenovela '' Valeria y Maximiliano''. It premiered on April 3, 2006 and ended on September 22, 2006. Th ...

'' * ''

La fea más bella LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note *"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smi ...

'' * ''

Código postal ''Código Postal'' (lit. "Postal code") is a Mexican youth telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro for Televisa in 2006. The serial takes place in Acapulco, a popular tourist destination in the state of Guerrero, Mexico. The series is set ...

'' – May 22

Notable deaths

* January 1 –

Mapita Cortés Mapita Cortés (August 4, 1939 – January 1, 2006 born Maria del Pilar Mercado Cordero in 1939 in the Santurce barrio of San Juan, Puerto Rico – died in Mexico City), was a Puerto Rican actress of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico. ...

, 75, Puerto Rican -born actress of the

cinema of Mexico The cinema of Mexico dates to the late nineteenth century during the rule of President Porfirio Díaz. Seeing a demonstration of short films in 1896, Díaz immediately saw the importance of documenting his presidency in order to present an ...

* January 13 –

Raúl Anguiano José Raúl Anguiano Valadez (February 26, 1915 – January 13, 2006) was a notable Mexican painter of the 20th century, part of the “second generation” of Mexican muralists which continued the tradition of Diego Rivera, José Clemente Or ...

, 90, painter and

muralist A mural is any piece of Graphic arts, graphic artwork that is painted or applied directly to a wall, ceiling or other permanent substrate. Mural techniques include fresco, mosaic, graffiti and marouflage. Word mural in art The word ''mural'' ...

heart failure Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome caused by an impairment in the heart's ability to Cardiac cycle, fill with and pump blood. Although symptoms vary based on which side of the heart is affected, HF ...

. * February 10 – Juan Soriano, 85, painter and sculptor. * February 12 –

Juan Sánchez-Navarro y Peón Juan Sánchez-Navarro y Peón (April 24, 1913 – February 12, 2006) was a Mexican businessman, lawyer, philosopher, philanthropist, journalist and professor. For more than 40 years, he served as Executive Vice President of Grupo Modelo. In addit ...

, 92, entrepreneur and co-founder of the PAN. * March 7 –

Ludwik Margules Ludwik Margules Coben (December 15, 1933 - March 7, 2006) was a Polish-born Mexican theatre, opera and film director. Being an active member of the Mexican theatre circuit for more than fifty years, Margules taught acting and directing methods in ...

, 72,

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ...

director, cancer

* March 29 –

Salvador Elizondo Salvador Elizondo Alcalde (December 19, 1932, in Mexico City – March 29, 2006) was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature. Regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, experimental, intelligent ...

, 73,

writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. Writers may develop different forms of writing such as novels, short sto ...

* April 5 – Armando Labra, 62, economist

* April 20 – Miguel Zacarías Nogaim, 101,

film A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...

director

* April 30 –

Beatriz Sheridan Elizabeth Ann Sheridan Scarbrough, better known as Beatriz Sheridan (12 June 1923 – 30 April 2006), was a Mexican actress and director. A pioneer of the Mexican telenovelas and prominent figure of the Mexican theater of the 20th century, she w ...

, 71, actress and director,

heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when Ischemia, blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. The most common symptom ...

. * May 4 –

Valentin Trujillo Valentin is a male given name meaning "strong, healthy, power, rule". It comes from the Latin name ''Valentinus'', as in Saint Valentin. Commonly found in Argentina, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Romania, Russia, Scandinavia, Ukraine, Latin A ...

, 55, actor,

. * May 22 –

Lilia Prado Leticia Lilia Amezcua Prado (30 March 1928 – 22 May 2006), known as Lilia Prado, was a Mexican actress and dancer. Noted for her beauty and on-screen sensuality, she was a famous star and sex symbol of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Prado b ...

, 78,

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

, multiple organ failure

* May 23 –

Ángel Fernández Ángel Oswaldo Fernández Vernaza (born 2 August 1971) is an Ecuadorian footballer. He played 77 games for the Ecuador national team between 1991 and 2004. Club career He played his entire club career in Ecuador. His main clubs were Emelec a ...

, 80, sports broadcaster,

renal failure Kidney failure, also known as renal failure or end-stage renal disease (ESRD), is a medical condition in which the kidneys can no longer adequately filter waste products from the blood, functioning at less than 15% of normal levels. Kidney fa ...

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*July 15 – Raúl Delgado Benavides, politician, Municipal president ( Cuautitlán de García Barragán, Cuautitlán, Jalisco); murdered * August 4 – Julio Galán, 47, painter * September 15 – Pablo Santos, 19, actor * October 9 –

Mario Moya Palencia Mario Moya Palencia (14 June 1933 – 9 October 2006) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of Presidents Gustavo Díaz Ordaz and Luis Echev ...

, 73, politician,

. * October 24 – Rafael Ramírez Heredia, 67, writer,

lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung. Lung cancer is caused by genetic damage to the DNA of cells in the airways, often caused by cigarette smoking or inhaling damaging chemicals. Damaged ...

* November 1 – Huracán Ramírez, Daniel García "Huracán Ramírez", 80, wrestler, heart attack

* November 6 –

Miguel Aceves Mejía Miguel Aceves Mejía (15 November 1915 – 6 November 2006) was a Mexican actor, composer and singer. Miguel Aceves Mejía, or "the god of Ranchera" as he was popularly known, was born in El Paso, Texas, and was registered in Chihuahua City in ...

, 90, singer, bronchitis

* November 19 – Francisco Quirós Hermosillo,

General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colone ...

. Cancer

* November 23 –

Jesús Blancornelas J. Jesús Blancornelas (November 14, 1936 – November 23, 2006) was a Mexican journalist who co-founded the Tijuana-based ''Zeta'' magazine, known for its reporting on corruption and drug trafficking. His work encompassed extensive research on ...

, 70, journalist, cancer

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