Events in the year 1951 in Mexico.
Incumbents Federal government President: Miguel Alemán Valdés Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Adolfo Ruiz Cortines Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Manuel Tello Baurraud/Luis Padilla Nervo Communications Secretary (SCT): Agustín García López Education Secretary (SEP): Manuel Gual Vidal Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Gilberto R. Limón Secretary of Navy: Alberto J. Pawling Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Manuel Ramírez Vázquez
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: Salvador Urbina
Governors Aguascalientes: Edmundo Gámez Orozco Campeche: Manuel López Hernández Chiapas: Francisco J. Grajales Chihuahua: Oscar Soto Maynez Coahuila: Raúl López Sánchez/Ramón Cepeda López Colima: Jesús González Lugo Durango: Enrique Torres Sánchez Guanajuato: José Aguilar y Maya Guerrero: Baltazar R. Leyva Mancilla/Alejandro Gómez Maganda Hidalgo: Vicente Aguirre del Castillo/Vicente Aguirre del Castillo Jalisco: José de Jesús González Gallo State of Mexico: Alfredo del Mazo Vélez/Salvador Sánchez Colín Michoacán: Dámaso Cárdenas del Río Morelos: Ernesto Escobar Muñoz Nayarit: Gilberto Flores Muñoz Nuevo León: Ignacio Morones Prieto Oaxaca: Manuel Mayoral Heredia Puebla: Carlos I. Betancourt/Rafael Ávila Camacho Querétaro: Octavio Mondragón Guerra San Luis Potosí: Ismael Salas Penieres Sinaloa: Enrique Pérez Arce Sonora: Ignacio Soto Tabasco: Francisco Javier Santamaría Tamaulipas: Raúl Garate/Horacio Terán Tlaxcala: Rafael Avila Bretón/Felipe Mazarraza Veracruz: Marco Antonio Muñoz Turnbull Yucatán: José González Beytia/Humberto Esquivel Medina Zacatecas: José Minero Roque
Events
The Faustino Miranda Botanical Garden is founded under the trusteeship of Dr. Faustino Miranda. March 9: The Mexico City trolleybus system starts operating.
Film
List of Mexican films of 1951
Sport
1950–51 Mexican Primera División season. Azules de Veracruz México win the Mexican League. November 12: C.F. La Piedad founded.
Births January 6 – Fishman (wrestler) (d. 2017) January 31 — Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto, Governor of Hidalgo 1999-2005 February 3 — Felipe Muñoz, swimmer April 8 – Joan Sebastian, singer-songwriter (7 Latin Grammy Awards and 5 Grammy Awards, (d. July 13, 2015) August 11 – Carlos Alvarado Perea, progressive rock musician (d. January 13, 2020)Muere el músico Carlos Alvarado Perea La Jornada, 14 Jan 2020 August 14 — Dulce María Sauri Riancho, politician (PRI); first female Governor of Yucatán Governor of Yucatán October 22 — Carlos Frenk, cosmologistCarlos Frenk November 10 — Arnoldo Kraus, physician and writer (d. 2025) November 17 — Eduardo Ibarrola Nicolín, Mexican-born diplomat November 26 – Óscar Lara Aréchiga, politician (PRI) (d. 2017). December 27 – Ernesto Zedillo, economist and politician (PRI); 54th President of Mexico (1994-2000) Date unknown Emilio Alvarado Badillo, photographer, civil engineer, public servant and académic (ITESM, State of Mexico) (d. 2017). Saúl Montoya Beltrán, baseball player; (d. 2018). Curro Rivera Agüero, bullfighter; (d. 2001).
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