Events in the year 1996 in Mexico.
Incumbents Federal government President: Ernesto Zedillo Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Emilio Chuayffet. Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): José Ángel Gurría Communications Secretary (SCT): Carlos Ruiz Sacristán Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Enrique Cervantes Aguirre Secretary of Navy: José Ramón Lorenzo Franco Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): José Antonio González Fernández Secretary of Welfare: Carlos Rojas Gutiérrez Secretary of Public Education: Miguel Limón Rojas Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Óscar Espinosa Villarreal Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Julia Carabias Lillo Secretary of Health (SALUD): Juan Ramón de la Fuente
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: José Vicente Aguinaco Alemán
Governors
Aguascalientes: Otto Granados Roldán, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI) Baja California: Héctor Terán Terán, (National Action Party PAN). Baja California Sur: Guillermo Mercado Romero Campeche: Jorge Salomón Azar García Chiapas: Julio César Ruíz Ferro Chihuahua: Francisco Barrio Coahuila: Rogelio Montemayor Seguy Colima: Carlos de la Madrid Virgen Durango: Maximiliano Silerio Esparza Guanajuato: Vicente Fox Quesada Guerrero: Rubén Figueroa Alcocer/Ángel Aguirre Rivero Hidalgo: Jesús Murillo Karam Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez State of Mexico: César Camacho Quiroz Michoacán: Víctor Manuel Tinoco/Ausencio Chávez Hernández Morelos: Jorge Carrillo Olea (PRI). Nayarit: Rigoberto Ochoa Zaragoza Nuevo León: Benjamín Clariond Oaxaca: Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano Puebla: Manuel Bartlett Díaz Querétaro: Enrique Burgos García Quintana Roo: Mario Villanueva Madrid San Luis Potosí: Horacio Sánchez Unzueta Sinaloa: Renato Vega Alvarado Sonora: Manlio Fabio Beltrones Rivera Tabasco: Roberto Madrazo Pintado Tamaulipas: Manuel Cavazos Lerma Tlaxcala: José Antonio Álvarez Lima Veracruz: Patricio Chirinos Calero Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco Zacatecas: Arturo Romo Gutiérrez Regent of Mexico City: Oscar Espinosa Villarreal
Events
Universidad Metropolitana de Monterrey established. Alternative rock group Plastilina Mosh is founded. February 16: the San Andres Accords were signed. June: The Guadalajara Gay Pride is founded. June 28: The Popular Revolutionary Army announces its existence. September 22: Nuestra Belleza México 1996 held in Cancun. October 23: The Law of Protection of Commerce and Investments from Foreign Policies that Contravene International Law is published.
Awards Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor Griselda Álvarez Alí Chumacero Ohtli Award Gonzalo Barrientos Hector P. Garcia Carlos Truan Edward R. Roybal
Births January 30 : Dafne Navarro, trampoline gymnast March 29 : Juanpa Zurita, Internet personality August 12 : Julio Urías, baseball player
Deaths May 24 – Octavio Sentíes Gómez, 81, politician (PRI), Governor of Veracruz, Secretary of the Interior, Regent of DF (b. February 9, 1915)
Hurricanes
July 24 – August 6: Hurricane Cesar–Douglas August 19 – 26: Hurricane Dolly (1996) September 30 – October 4: Hurricane Hernan
Sports
1995–96 Mexican Primera División season 1995–96 Copa Mexico Mexico wins the 1996 U.S. Cup Mexico loses in the final of the Pan American Games football tournament Mexico at the 1996 Summer Olympics Mexico at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Atlético Hidalgo, C.F. Cuautitlán and Real Sociedad de Zacatecas are founded.
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