Events in the year 1956 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: Roberto Gómez Maqueo Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Adolfo López Mateos
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: Vicente Santos Guajardo
Governors
Aguascalientes: Luis Ortega Douglas Baja California: Braulio Maldonado Sandez Campeche: Alberto Trueba Urbina Chiapas: Efraín Aranda Osorio Chihuahua: Jesús Lozoya Solís/Teófilo Borunda Coahuila: Ramón Cepeda López Colima: Rodolfo Chávez Carrillo Durango: Enrique Torres Sánchez/Francisco González de la Vega Guanajuato: 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/David Franco Rodríguez Morelos: Rodolfo López de Nava Nayarit: José Limón Guzmán Nuevo León: Raúl Rangel Frías Oaxaca: José Pacheco Iturribarría/Alfonso Pérez Gasca Puebla: Rafael Ávila Camacho Querétaro: Juan C. Gorraéz San Luis Potosí: Manuel Álvarez Sinaloa: Rigoberto Aguilar Pico Sonora: Álvaro Obregón Tapia Tabasco: Miguel Orrico de los Llanos Tamaulipas: Horacio Terán Tlaxcala: Felipe Mazarraza Veracruz: Marco Antonio Muñoz Turnbull /Antonio María Quirasco Yucatán: Víctor Mena Palomo Zacatecas: José Minero Roque/Francisco E. García Regent of the Federal District: Ernesto P. Uruchurtu
Events
The Chemical Society of Mexico is formed. April 30: The opening of the Torre Latinoamericana.
Awards Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Gerardo Murillo ("Dr. Atl")
Film
List of Mexican films of 1956
Sport
1955–56 Mexican Primera División season The Diablos Rojos del México win the Mexican League. Mexico participate at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Establishment of the Mexican Center League. January 1: Club de Futbol Ballenas Galeana Morelos is founded.
Births March 23 — Fidel Demédicis Hidalgo was a federal senator from Morelos (2012-2018) April 21 — Ángel Aguirre Rivero, constitutional Governor of Guerrero 2011–2014 and interim Governor of Guerrero 1996–1999 May 8 — Javier Álvarez, composer (d. 2023) June 8 — René Juárez Cisneros, Governor of Guerrero 1999-2005 and current federal Senator (d. 2021) June 15 — Francisco Olvera Ruiz, Governor of Hidalgo 2011–2016 June 22 — Manuel Saval, soap opera actor (Simplemente María (1989 TV series)) (d. 2009) July 31 — Laura Zapata, Mexican telenovela actress, singer and dancer August 15 – Arnulfo Mejía Rojas, engineer, architect, teacher, historian, painter, artist, and Catholic priest, best known for being the creator of "The Boat of the Faith" (d. April 18, 2016). September 8 – Ricardo Torres Origel, Mexican politician (PAN) Deputy (2000-2003) and Senator (2006-2012) from Guanajuato (d. April 24, 2016). October 13 — Ana Bertha Espín, actress October 19 — Francisco Rojas San Román, politician from the State of Mexico (d. 2018). Date unknown — Rosario Robles, politician, acting Mayor of Mexico City 1999–2000
Deaths
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