Events in the year 1955 in Mexico.
Incumbents Federal government President: Adolfo Ruiz Cortines Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Ángel Carvajal Bernal Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Luis Padilla Nervo Communications Secretary (SCT): Carlos Lazo Education Secretary (SEP): José Ángel Ceniceros Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Matias Ramos Secretary of Navy: Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada/Roberto Gómez Maqueo Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Adolfo López Mateos
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: Vicente Santos Guajardo
Governors
Aguascalientes: Benito Palomino Dena Baja California: Braulio Maldonado Sandez Campeche: Manuel López Hernández/Alberto Trueba Urbina Chiapas: Efraín Aranda Osorio Chihuahua: Oscar Soto Maynez/Jesús Lozoya Solís Coahuila: Ramón Cepeda López Colima: Jesús González Lugo/Rodolfo Chávez Carrillo Durango: Enrique Torres Sánchez Guanajuato: José Aguilar y Maya/J. Jesús Rodríguez Gaona Guerrero: Darío L. Arrieta Mateos Hidalgo: Quintín Rueda Villagrán Jalisco: Agustín Yáñez State of Mexico: Salvador Sánchez Colín Michoacán: Dámaso Cárdenas del Río Morelos: Rodolfo López de Nava Nayarit: José Limón Guzmán Nuevo León: José S. Vivanco/Raúl Rangel Frías Oaxaca: Manuel Cabrera Carrasqueado/Manuel I. Manjardín/José Pacheco Iturribarría Puebla: Rafael Ávila Camacho Querétaro: Octavio Mondragón Guerra/Juan C. Gorraéz San Luis Potosí: Ismael Salas Penieres/Manuel Álvarez Sinaloa: Rigoberto Aguilar Pico Sonora: Ignacio Soto/Álvaro Obregón Tapia Tabasco: Manuel Bartlett Bautista/Miguel Orrico de los Llanos Tamaulipas: Horacio Terán Tlaxcala: Felipe Mazarraza Veracruz: Marco Antonio Muñoz Turnbull Yucatán: Víctor Mena Palomo Zacatecas: José Minero Roque Regent of the Federal District: Ernesto P. Uruchurtu
Events
The organization known as El Yunque was allegedly formed in this year. The Querétaro Intercontinental Airport is established. The Sonora Institute of Technology was founded as Justo Sierra Institute (Instituto Justo Sierra) July 4: 1955 Mexican legislative election. September 10–20: Hurricane Hilda (1955). 21–30: Hurricane Janet. December: Club de Yates de Acapulco opens its doors.
Awards Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Erasmo Castellanos Quinto
Film
List of Mexican films of 1955
Sport
1954–55 Mexican Primera División season. The 1955 Pan American Games take place in Mexico City. The Tigres del México win the Mexican League.
Births January 19 – Paul Rodriguez, Mexican-American comedian and actor January 26 – Lucía Méndez, soap opera actress, model, and singer May 11 – María Sorté, actress and singer May 22 – Francisco Vega de Lamadrid, Governor of Baja California 2013-2019 May 25 – Andrés Mora, baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame), (d. June 12, 2015). June 2 – Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Ávila, anthropologist (d. 2008) July 26 – Rogelio Ortega Martínez, educator and interim Governor of Guerrero 2014–2015 August 14 – Carlos Medina Plascencia, educator and Governor of Guanajuato 1991 – 1995 September 21 – Rogelio Padilla, sociologist, activist for children's rights, founder of MAMA, A.C. (d. 2018) October 15 – Francisco Daniel Rivera Sánchez, auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico City (2000-2021); d. January 18, 2021 December 10 – Juan Carlos Romero Hicks, Governor of Guanajuato 2000-2006 December 18 – Juan Molinar Horcasitas, politician (PAN), (d. May 20, 2015). December 28 – Enrique Moreno, Mexican-American lawyer (d 2019).
Deaths July 9 – Adolfo de la Huerta, 38th President of Mexico (b. 1881) October 13 – Manuel Ávila Camacho, 45th President of Mexico (b. 1897)
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