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1997 in Mexico

1997
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Events in the year 1997 in Mexico.

Incumbents[edit]

Federal government[edit]

• 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[edit]

• President of the Supreme Court: José Vicente Aguinaco Alemán

Governors[edit]

Events[edit]

• Convergence was founded as a "national political grouping".
• March 13: Phoenix LightsinSonora.
• June 6: 1997 Mexican legislative election
• September: Nuestra Belleza México 1997
• December 22: Acteal Massacre

Awards[edit]

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Heberto Castillo

Hurricanes[edit]

• June 1–7: Tropical Storm Andres (1997)
• September 16–26: Hurricane Nora (1997)
• September 26 – October 12: Tropical Storm Olaf (1997)
• October 5–10: Hurricane Pauline

Sport[edit]

• 1996–97 Mexican Primera División season
• 1996–97 Copa Mexico
• Petroleros de Poza Rica win the Mexican League.
• Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1997)
• Atlético Mexiquense and Chivas Tijuana are founded.
• The Chupacabras race is held for the first time.

Births[edit]

• October 29 – Ale Müller, actress and singer

Deaths[edit]

• October 24 – Luis Aguilar, actor and singer (b. 1918)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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