Events in the year 1997 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
Head of Government of the Federal District Oscar Espinosa Villarreal (PRI) (until December 4) Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (PRD) (starting December 5) First elected leader of Mexico City. Aguascalientes: Otto Granados Roldán, (PRI) Baja California: Héctor Terán Terán, (PAN). Baja California Sur: Guillermo Mercado Romero/Leonel Cota Montaño Campeche: Jorge Salomón Azar García/José Antonio González Curi Chiapas: Julio César Ruíz Ferro/Roberto Albores Guillén Chihuahua: Francisco Barrio (PAN) Coahuila: Rogelio Montemayor Seguy (PAN) Colima: Carlos de la Madrid Virgen/Fernando Moreno Peña (PAN) Durango: Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier (PAN) Guanajuato: Vicente Fox Quesada (PAN), Guerrero: Ángel Aguirre Rivero Hidalgo: Jesús Murillo Karam Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez State of Mexico: César Camacho Quiroz Michoacán: Víctor Manuel Tinoco Morelos: Jorge Carrillo Olea (PRI). Nayarit: Rigoberto Ochoa Zaragoza Nuevo León: Benjamín Clariond/Fernando Canales Oaxaca: Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano Puebla: Manuel Bartlett Díaz Querétaro: Enrique Burgos García/Ignacio Loyola Vera Quintana Roo: Mario Villanueva Madrid San Luis Potosí: Horacio Sánchez Unzueta/Fernando Silva Nieto Sinaloa: Renato Vega Alvarado Sonora: Manlio Fabio Beltrones Rivera/Armando López Nogales 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
Events
Convergence was founded as a "national political grouping". March 13: Phoenix Lights in Sonora. June 6: 1997 Mexican legislative election September: Nuestra Belleza México 1997 December 22: Acteal Massacre
Awards Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Heberto Castillo
Hurricanes
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
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 October 29 – Ale Müller, actress and singer
Deaths
October 8 – Ernesto P. Uruchurtu (born 1906), head of the Federal District Department from 1952 to 1966 October 24 – Luis Aguilar, actor and singer (b. 1918)
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