Events in the year 1985 in Mexico.
Incumbents Federal government President: Miguel de la Madrid Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Manuel Bartlett Díaz Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor Communications Secretary (SCT): Daniel Díaz Díaz Education Secretary (SEP): Manuel Bartlett Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Juan Arévalo Gardoqui Secretary of Navy: Miguel Ángel Gómez Ortega Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Arsenio Farell Cubillas Secretary of Welfare: Guillermo Carrillo Arena Secretary of Public Education: Jesús Reyes Heroles/Miguel González Avelar Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Carlos Hank González Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Pedro Ojeda Paullada Secretary of Health (SALUD): Guillermo Soberón Acevedo
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: Jorge Iñárritu y Ramírez de Aguilar
Governors
Aguascalientes: Rodolfo Landeros Gallegos Baja California: Xicoténcatl Leyva Mortera (PRI) Baja California Sur: Alberto Andrés Alvarado Arámburo Campeche: Eugenio Echeverría Castellot/Abelardo Carrillo Zavala Chiapas: Absalón Castellanos Domínguez Chihuahua: Oscar Ornelas/Saúl González Herrera Coahuila: José de las Fuentes Rodríguez Colima: Elías Zamora Verduzco Durango: Armando del Castillo Franco/José Ramírez Gamero Guanajuato: Agustín Téllez Cruces/Rafael Corrales Ayala Guerrero: Alejandro Cervantes Delgado Hidalgo: Guillermo Rossell de la Lama Jalisco: Enrique Álvarez del Castillo State of Mexico: Alfredo del Mazo González Michoacán: Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Morelos: Lauro Ortega Martínez (PRI). Nayarit: Emilio Manuel González Parra Nuevo León: Alfonso Martínez Domínguez/Jorge Treviño Oaxaca: Heladio Ramírez López Puebla: Guillermo Jiménez Morales Querétaro: Mariano Palacios Alcocer Quintana Roo: Pedro Joaquín Coldwell San Luis Potosí: Florencio Salazar Martínez Sinaloa: Antonio Toledo Corro Sonora: Rodolfo Félix Valdés Tabasco: Enrique González Pedrero Tamaulipas: Américo Villarreal Guerra Tlaxcala: Tulio Hernández Gómez Veracruz: Agustín Acosta Lagunes Yucatán: Víctor Manzanilla Schaffer Zacatecas: José Guadalupe Cervantes Corona Regent of Mexico City: Ramón Aguirre Velázquez
Events
January 1, Querétaro state elections June 17, Morelos I was the first communications satellite launch by Mexico. July 7, state elections in Colima September 19, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck in Mexico City. The LIII Legislature Congress of Mexico begins its inauguration. November 26, on the STS-61-B mission Rodolfo Neri Vela became the first Mexican and second Latin American astronaut to reach into space.
Awards Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – María Lavalle Urbina
Notable births April 9 – Carlos Manzo, politician (d. 2025). May 31 – Zoraida Gómez, actress. September 19 – Fourteen newborn babies survived the earthquake. October 6 – Sandra Góngora, ten-pin bowler October 15 – Sherlyn González, singer and actress. December 11 – Karla Souza, Mexican-American actress. Date unknown – Ricardo Domínguez, welterweight wrestler (d. 2017).
Notable deaths An estimated 10,000 people died during the September 19 earthquake.
Sports Mexico managed to win for the first time to Poland on 5 February when at the opening of Corregidora Stadium in Querétaro.
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