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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.


Incumbents


Federal government

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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 ...
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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 *
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) **
Fernando Gómez Mont Fernando Francisco Gómez Mont Urueta (born January 11, 1963) is a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of the Interior. He was appointed by President Felipe Calderón on November 10, 2008, following the death of secretary Jua ...
, until July 14 **
Francisco Blake Mora José Francisco Blake Mora (; 22 May 1966 – 11 November 2011) was a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of Felipe Calderón from 2010 to 2011. He was Mexico's top cabinet secretary and key ...
, starting July 14 * Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE):
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 ...
* Communications Secretary (SCT):
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 ...
* Education Secretary (SEP): Alonso Lujambio *
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):
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 ...
* Secretary of Navy (SEMAR):
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 ...
* Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS):
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 ...
* Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL):
Heriberto Félix Guerra Jesús Heriberto Félix Guerra (born 12 March 1962) is a Mexican economist and entrepreneur invited to the policy since 2004, a supporter of the National Action Party. He graduated in economics from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Supe ...
* 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 ( ...
, until March 10 ** Gloria Guevara, starting March 10 * Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT):
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 ...
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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):
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 ...
* Secretary of Public Security (SSP):
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 ...
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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):
Ernesto Cordero Arroyo Ernesto Javier Cordero Arroyo (born 9 May 1968) is a Mexican actuary, public servant, and politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He served twice as a cabinet member during the Calderón administration: first as secretary ...
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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 ...
* Secretary of Public Function (FUNCIÓN PÚBLICA): Salvador Vega Casillas *
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 * Secretary of Economy (SE) ** Gerardo Ruiz Mateos, until date not available **Bruno Francisco Ferrari García de Alba, starting date not available *
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):
Arturo Chávez Chávez Arturo Chávez Chávez (born 4 September 1960) is a Mexican prosecutor who served as Attorney General (Mexico), Attorney General of Mexico in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón from 2009 until 2011. He previously served as Attorney Ge ...


Governors

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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 ...
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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, until November 30 **
Carlos Lozano de la Torre Carlos Lozano de la Torre (born February 9, 1950) is a Mexican politician and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was elected Governor of Aguascalientes on July 4, 2010. Lozano was sworn into office on December 1, 2010. ...
, (
Institutional Revolutionary Party The Institutional Revolutionary Party (, , PRI) is a List of political parties in Mexico, political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 as the National Revolutionary Party (, PNR), then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution (, PRM) and fin ...
, PRI), starting December 1 *
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 ...
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José Guadalupe Osuna Millán José Guadalupe Osuna Millán (born December 10, 1955) is a Mexican economist and politician member of the National Action Party (Mexico), National Action Party (PAN) who served as Governor of Baja California. Life and education Osuna graduat ...
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 ...
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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 ...
: Fernando Ortega Bernés PRI *
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 ...
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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 ...
) * 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, until October 3 **
César Duarte Jáquez César Horacio Duarte Jáquez (born April 14, 1963) is a Mexican politician, a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, who has twice been a federal deputy. He was president of the Chamber of Deputies of Mexico from 2008 to 2009, while ...
PRI, starting October 4 *
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 ...
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Humberto Moreira Valdés 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 Political divisions of Mexico, State of Coahuila from 2005 to 2011. Moreira was inclu ...
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 ...
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Mario Anguiano Moreno Mario Anguiano Moreno (born August 15, 1962, in Tinajas (Colima), Tinajas, Colima) is a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI who served as the Governor of Colima from 2009 to 2015. He also previously served ...
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 Manuel Oliva Ramírez PAN *
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Emilio González Márquez Emilio González Márquez (born 12 November 1960 in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He served as Governor of Jalisco. from 2007 to 2013 Political career González was an active ...
PAN *
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 ...
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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 ...
: Leonel Godoy Rangel 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 ...
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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. *
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz (born September 9, 1972) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as governor of Nuevo León from 2009 to 2015. He was linked by ''Operation Tornado'' to legal proc ...
PRI *
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 ...
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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, until November 30 **
Gabino Cué Monteagudo Gabino Cué Monteagudo (born February 23, 1966, in Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico) is a Mexican politician. He was previously governor of the state of Oaxaca, and the first non- PRI winning candidate in the state in 80 years. He previously ...
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Convergence Convergence may refer to: Arts and media Literature *''Convergence'' (book series), edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen *Convergence (comics), "Convergence" (comics), two separate story lines published by DC Comics: **A four-part crossover storyline that ...
, starting December 1 *
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 ...
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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 ...
: José Calzada PRI *
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 ...
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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 ...
: Fernando Toranzo Fernández PRI *
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 ...
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Jesús Aguilar Padilla Jesús Alberto Aguilar Padilla (24 February 1952 – 30 January 2023) was a Mexican politician and lawyer from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was Governor of the state of Sinaloa from 2005 until 2010, and was previously a s ...
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 ...
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Guillermo Padrés Elías Guillermo Padrés Elías (born 29 June 1969) is a Mexican politician and a member of the National Action Party (PAN). He served as Governor of Sonora from 2009 to 2015. Political career Padres' political career began in 1997 when he was electe ...
PAN *
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 ...
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Andrés Granier Melo Andrés Rafael Granier Melo (born March 5, 1948) is a former Mexican politician. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he served as Governor of Tabasco from 2007 to 2012. Early life and political career Granier Melo was bo ...
PRI *
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 ...
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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, until December 31 *
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 ...
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Héctor Ortiz Ortiz Héctor Israel Ortiz Ortiz (born 28 July 1950) is a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as Governor of Tlaxcala from 2005 to 2011. Professional career Héctor Ortiz was born in the Oaxaca, Oaxaca, city of Oaxaca in 1950. He holds a bachel ...
PAN *
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 PRI, until November 30 ** Javier Duarte de Ochoa PRI, starting December 1 *
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. ...
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Ivonne Ortega Pacheco Ivonne Aracelly Ortega Pacheco (born November 26, 1972) is a Mexican politician from Yucatán and a current member of the Chamber of Deputies. She served as Yucatán's first elected female governor, making her the sixth woman to govern a Mexican s ...
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 ...
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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, until September 11 ** Miguel Alonso Reyes PRI, starting September 12 *
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 ...
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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


Events

* January 3 – Mexican police arrest alleged drug lord
Carlos Beltrán Leyva Carlos Beltrán Leyva (born 1969) is a Mexican incarcerated drug lord with the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel. The cartel was created by the four Beltrán Leyva brothers: Carlos, Héctor, Alfredo and Arturo. Born in the Sinaloan countryside in the late ...
in Culiacán, Sinaloa. * January 12 – Mexican authorities report the capture of
Teodoro García Simental Teodoro García Simental (a.k.a.: ''El Teo'' and ''El Tres Letras'', born 1974) is a former drug lord and lieutenant of the Mexican criminal organization known as the Tijuana Cartel, and later allied with the Sinaloa Cartel. He was arrested b ...
, one of the country's most notorious drug lords, in a raid in
La Paz, Baja California Sur La Paz (, ) is the capital and largest city of the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Baja California Sur, with a 2020 census population of 250,141 inhabitants, making it the most populous city in the state. La Paz City is located in La ...
. * March 4 – A
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 ...
law allowing same-sex marriages takes effect. * March 19 – Jorge Antonio Mercado Alonso, 23, and Javier Francisco Arredondo Verdugo, 24, students at the Olga Sánchez Cordero, Tecnológico de Monterrey are killed on the university campus in Nuevo León by the Mexican Army. Cuauhtémoc Antúnez, the military commander, accused them of drug trafficking, but a subsequent investigation proved that the soldiers altered the scene and planted weapons on the young men. Nine years later, on March 19, 2019, Olga Sánchez Cordero, Secretaria de Gobernación (Interior Secretary) apologized for the government's actions. * March 30 – Ten children, youths and young adults between the ages of 8 and 21 are gunned down, presumably by drug traffickers, in the northern Mexican Political divisions of Mexico, state of Durango. * April 25 – Labour Party (Mexico), Mexican Labour Party leader in Guerrero Rey Hernández dies after being shot at least seven times outside his home in Tlacoachistlahuaca. * May 15 – Former Mexican presidential candidate Diego Fernández de Cevallos is abducted from one of his homes in Pedro Escobedo, Querétaro. * May 31 – A mass grave containing between 20 and 25 bodies is found in an abandoned mine near Taxco, Guerrero, in Mexico. * June 11 – 40 people are killed and at least four others are wounded in an attack by at least 30 gunmen in Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Mexico. * June 14 – At least 28 prisoners are killed in a clash between rival gangs in Sinaloa, Mexico. * June 15 – Two trains collide in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa resulting in the death of at least 13 people. * June 16 – A shootout in the Mexican tourist town of Taxco leaves 15 dead. * June 20 – A Bell 412 Mexican Air Force, Mexican military helicopter crashes in Durango state in northern Mexico Saturday, killing all 11 people on board. * June 28 – Rodolfo Torre Cantu, a leading candidate in a Mexican state election is assassinated near Ciudad Victoria. President of Mexico
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. ...
blamed drug cartels for the assassination. * June 30 – 2010 Oaxaca earthquake: A 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurs in southern Mexico near the city of Pinotepa Nacional, shaking buildings as far away as
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but not causing serious damage or casualties. * July 4 – 2010 Mexican gubernatorial elections: Voters in 14 Political divisions of Mexico, Mexican states vote to elect governors and mayors. * July 18 – At least 17 people are killed and at least 10 others are wounded during a pre-dawn gun attack on a birthday party in Torreón, Coahuila state in Mexico, across the border from Texas. * July 24 – A mass grave containing at least 50 tortured and burned corpses is unearthed east of Monterrey, Nuevo León, in Mexico. * July 28 – Eight severed heads are discovered in four locations in the Mexican state of Durango. * July 29 – The Mexican Army kills Sinaloa Cartel drug lord Ignacio Coronel Villarreal in Zapopan, Jalisco, during a raid. * August 6 – At least 14 people are killed during a prison riot in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Matamoros in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. * August 9 – Former President of Mexico Vicente Fox calls for the legalisation of drugs in Mexico. * August 10 – The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation rules same-sex marriages in
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have to be recognised across Mexico. * August 16 – At least 2 people are injured after a grenade explosion outside a Televisa television station in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. * August 16 – The mayor of the Mexican town of Santiago, Nuevo León, Edelmiro Cavazos, is abducted. * August 18 – The corpse of mayor Edelmiro Cavazos of the Mexican town of Santiago, Nuevo León, is found handcuffed and blindfolded after his abduction on Sunday night. * August 20 – Six police officers in Mexico are arrested and accused of participating in the kidnap and murder of Mayor Edelmiro Cavazos. * August 23 – Jimena Navarrete, representing Mexico, wins Miss Universe 2010. * August 25 – Mexican Naval Infantry find 72 corpses at a remote ranch in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, near the border with the U.S. state of Texas. The victims were economic migrants from Central America and South America believed to be murdered by a Mexican Drug War, drug cartel. * August 27 – Two bombs explode in the Mexican city of Ciudad Victoria, the capital of Tamaulipas, outside the municipal police station and the Televisa television station. * August 29 – Unidentified gunmen assassinate Marco Antonio Leal Garcia, the mayor of the small town of Hidalgo Municipality, Tamaulipas, Hidalgo in Tamaulipas, Mexico. * August 30 – Marco Antonio Leal García, the Mayor of Hidalgo Municipality, Tamaulipas, Hidalgo, Tamaulipas, in northeastern Mexico, is shot dead while operating his car. * August 31 – Eight people are killed in a Molotov cocktail, petrol bomb attack at a bar in Cancún, Mexico. * September 2 – At least 17 migrants are kidnapped by suspected human trafficking, human traffickers in Tijuana, Baja California, in northwestern Mexico. * September 10 – At least 71 prisoners escape from jail in the Mexican city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, across the Mexico – United States border, U.S. border from McAllen, Texas, McAllen, Texas. * September 16 – Mexico Celebration of Mexican political anniversaries in 2010, celebrates 200 years of independence from Spain. * September 28 – 2010 Oaxaca landslide, six killed * September 29 – Another landslide in the Mexican state of Chipas kills 16 people and leaves four missing. * October 3 – Twenty-two Mexican tourists are kidnapped in Acapulco. * October 7 – Six gangsters died and one soldier was injured when an army patrol clashed with suspected gang members in northeastern Mexico state Tamaulipas. * October 18 – At least nineteen people die near Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico, after a bus collides with a truck. * October 23 – Mexican gunmen kill 13 people and wound fifteen at a birthday party in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez. * October 24 – Mexican gunmen burst into a drug rehabilitation centre in eastern Tijuana, killing 13 people.


Awards

*Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Luis H. Álvarez *Order of the Aztec Eagle *National Prize for Arts and Sciences (Mexico), National Prize for Arts and Sciences *National Public Administration Prize *Ohtli Award ** Polly Baca ** Hilda Solis ** Olga Talamante ** Antonio Villaraigosa ** John C. Zaragoza ** Rosa Rosales ** Ben Hueso


Popular culture


Sports


Music


Film


Literature

*Fonseca, Rubem; ''El seminarista'' (Cal y arena)Los mejores libros publicados en México en 2010
by Carlos Olivares Baro, La Razón, December 29, 2010
*Kimball, Michael; ''Lo que queda de nosotros,'' (Tusquets) *Nemirovsky, Irene, ''El caso Kurílov'', (Salamadra) *Olguín, Sergio; ''Óscura monótona,'' Tusquets Editores de Novel 2009 Prize (published in Mexico in March 2010) *Pérez Gay, Rafael; ''El corazón es un gitano,'' (Planeta) *Piglia, Ricardo; ''Blanco nocturno,'' (Anagrama) *Rivera Letellier, Hernán; ''El arte de la resurrección,'' Alfaguara Novel Prize, 2010 *Vann, David; ''Sukkwan Island'', (Alfabia); 2010 Prix Médicis, Médicis Prize *Velázquez, Carlos; ''La marrana negra de la literatura rosa,'' (Sexto Piso), Story book of the year *Vargas Llosa, Mario; ''El sueño del Celta,'' (Alfaguara) *Wood, Ron; ''Memories of a Rolling Stone,'' (Global Rhythm), Biography of the year


Notable deaths


January – June

* January 7 – Blanca Sánchez, 63, Mexican actress, Renal failure, kidney failure. *January 9 – Aurelio Fausto Cháidez Chavarín, politician, former municipal president of Culiacán, Sinaloa; murdered. * January 10 – Moisés Saba, 47, Mexican entrepreneur, helicopter crash. * January 11 – Roman Catholic priest Gerardo Montaño, 58, who arranged meetings between drug traffickers Ramón Arellano Félix and Benjamín Arellano Félix and the Apostolic Nunciature to Mexico after the assassination of Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, diabetic coma. * January 27 — Paula Lazos, painter (b. 1940) * February 1 – Rodolfo de Anda, 66, actor, thrombosis. *February 18 – Ramón Mendívil Sotelo, politician PRI, president of Guadalupe y Calvo Municipality, Chihuahua; murdered. * February 19 – Rafael Muñoz Núñez, 85, Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Zacatecas, Zacatecas (1972–1984) and Roman Catholic Diocese of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes (1984–1998). *February 23 – Manuel Estrada Escalante, politician PRI, president of Mezquital Municipality, Durango; murdered. * February 25 – Efren Torres, 66, boxing, boxer, heart attack. * February 28 – Carlos Montemayor, 62, writer, stomach cancer. * March 4 – Hilario Chávez Joya, 82, Roman Catholic Bishop (Catholicism), Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Nuevo Casas Grandes (1977–2004). * March 30 – Juan Carlos Caballero Vega, 109, Mexican revolutionary, driver of Pancho Villa. * April 27 – Alberta Cariño, humanitarian, ballistic trauma, shot. *April 28 – José Santiago Agustín, politician PRI, municipal president of Zapotitlán Tablas, Guerrero; murdered. * April 30 – Carmelita González, 81, actress, pneumonia. *May 3 – Abel Uribe Landa, politician PRI, former municipal president of Tetipac, Guerrero; murdered. * May 4 – El Supremo (wrestler), El Supremo, 59, professional wrestling, professional wrestler. * May 6 – Guillermo Meza (footballer), Guillermo Meza, 21, association football, footballer (Pumas Morelos), ballistic trauma, shot. * May 8 – Joaquín Capilla, 81, Olympic diving (sport), diving four-time medalist, heart failure. *May 12 – José Mario Guajardo Varela, politician PAN, candidate for municipal presidency of Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas; murdered. * May 25 – Gabriel Vargas (cartoonist), Gabriel Vargas, 95, cartoonist. * June 19 **Jesús Manuel Lara Rodríguez, 48, politician PRI, Mayor of Guadalupe (municipality of Chihuahua), Guadalupe, Chihuahua; ballistic trauma, shot. **Carlos Monsiváis, 72, writer and journalist, respiratory failure. * June 26 – Sergio Vega (singer), Sergio Vega, 40, banda music, banda singer, ballistic trauma, shot. * June 27 – Édgar García de Dios, 32, Association football, footballer, ballistic trauma, shot. * June 28 – Rodolfo Torre Cantú, 46, politician PRI, candidate for Governor of Tamaulipas; ballistic trauma, shot. **Enrique Blackmore Smer, politician PRI, Deputy (legislator) from Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas; murdered. *June 30 – Nicolás García Ambrosio, politician PRD, municipal president of Santo Domingo, Oaxaca; murdered.


July – December

* July 3 – Romero Núñez Montiel, politician (Compromise for Puebla coalition party), candidate for municipal president of Jololalpan, Puebla; murdered.Compromise for Puebla (''Compromiso por Puebla'') was a coalition party made up of the PAN, PRI, PRD, PANAL, and Convergence. * July 10 – Alberto Herrera Casillas, politician, former municipal president of Tecalitlán, Jalisco; murdered. * July 11 – Marco Aurelio Martínez Tijerina, 45, journalist, ballistic trauma, shot. * July 29 – Ignacio Coronel Villarreal, 56, Mexican drug lord (Sinaloa Cartel), ballistic trauma, shot. * August 5 – Francisco María González, 92, Catholic Church, Roman Catholic prelate. * August 7 – Roberto Cantoral, 75, composer, heart attack. * August 18 – Edelmiro Cavazos, 38, politician PAN, Mayor of Santiago, Nuevo León; ballistic trauma, shot. (body found on this date) *August 29 – Marco Antonio Leal García, politician PRI, municipal president of Hidalgo, Tamaulipas; murdered. * September 2 – Germán Dehesa, 66, journalist, writer and announcer, cancer. *September 8 – Alexander López García, politician PRI, municipal president of El Naranjo, San Luis Potosí; murdered. * September 12 – La Fiera, 49, professional wrestler, stabbed. * September 16 – Helen Escobedo, 76, artist and sculptor, cancer. * September 19 – José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo, 67, jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, heart attack. *September 23 – Prisciliano Rodríguez Salinas, politician PRI, municipal president of Doctor González, Nuevo León; murdered. *September 27 – Gustavo Sánchez Cervantes, politician, interim municipal president of Uruapan, Michoacán; murdered. * October 8 – Antonio Jiménez Baños, 47, politician PRI, Mayor-elect of Mártires de Tacubaya, Oaxaca; shot. * October 10 – José de Jesús Gudiño Pelayo, 67, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (1995–2010), heart attack. * October 14 – Carlos Quintanar, 71, Olympic basketball player. *October 16 – José Felipe García, politician, president of Cruillas Municipality, Tamaulipas; kidnapped October 16, assumed dead. * October 17 – Rito Grado Serrano, 56, politician, Mayor of Práxedis G. Guerrero Municipality, Chihuahua; shot. * October 21 – Antonio Alatorre, 88, philologist. * October 22 – Alí Chumacero, 92, writer and poet, pneumonia. *November 6 – Jaime Lozoya Ávila, politician PRD, municipal president of San Bernardo, Durango; murdered. *November 9 **Gregorio Barradas Miravete, politician PAN, municipal president of Juan Rodríguez Lara, Veracruz; murdered. **Omar Manzur, politician PAN, municipal president pro tempore of Juan Rodríguez Lara, Veracruz; murdered. * November 21 – Silverio Cavazos, 41, politician PRI, Governor of Colima (2005–2009), shot. * December 3 — Modesta Lavana, indigenous Nahua healer and activist from the town of Hueyapan, Morelos (b. 1929)


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