Events in the year 1999 in Mexico.
Incumbents Federal government President: Ernesto Zedillo Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Francisco Labastida (until 21 May); Diódoro Carrasco (from 21 May) Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): María del Rosario Green Macías Communications Secretary (SCT): Carlos Ruiz Sacristán Education Secretary (SEP): Miguel Limón Rojas 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/Mariano Palacios Alcocer Secretary of Welfare: Esteban Moctezuma (until 4 August); Carlos Jarque (from 4 August) 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 (until 30 November); José Antonio González Fernández (from 30 November)
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: José Vicente Aguinaco Alemán then Genaro David Góngora Pimentel
Governors
Aguascalientes: Felipe González González, (National Action Party, PAN) Baja California: Alejandro González Alcocer, Substitute, (PAN) Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota Montaño (PRD)/Guillermo Mercado Romero (PRI) Campeche: José Antonio González Curi Chiapas: Roberto Albores Guillén Chihuahua: Patricio Martínez García (PRI) Coahuila: Enrique Martínez y Martínez/Rogelio Montemayor Seguy (PRI) Colima: Fernando Moreno Peña (PRI) Durango: Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier (PRI) Guanajuato: Vicente Fox/Ramon Martin Huerta (PAN) Guerrero: Angel Aguirre Rivero/René Juárez Cisneros (PAN) Hidalgo: Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez (PAN) Jalisco: Humberto Lugo Gil/Manuel Angel Nunez Soto (PAN) State of Mexico: César Camacho Quiroz/Arturo Montiel Rojas (PRI) Michoacán: Víctor Manuel Tinoco Morelos: Jorge Morales Barud (Substitute—PRI). Nayarit: Rigoberto Ochoa Zaragoza/Antonio Echevarría Domínguez Nuevo León: Fernando Canales (PRI) Oaxaca: Heladio Ramírez López (PRI) Puebla: Melquiades Morales Flores/Manuel Bartlett Díaz (PRI) Querétaro: Ignacio Loyola Vera (PRI) Quintana Roo: Mario Villanueva Madrid/Joaquín Hendricks Díaz (PRI) San Luis Potosí: Fernando Silva Nieto (PRI) Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán (PRI) Sonora: Armando López Nogales (PRI) Tabasco: Roberto Madrazo Pintado (PRI) Tamaulipas: Manuel Cavazos Lerma/Tomás Yarrington Tlaxcala: José Antonio Álvarez Lima/Alfonso Sánchez Anaya (PRI) Veracruz: Miguel Alemán Velasco Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco (PRI) Zacatecas: Ricardo Monreal Ávila (PRI) Head of Government of the Federal District Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), (until September 29) Rosario Robles (PRD) (starting September 29)
Events
The banderas monumentales program is initiated. January: 1999 UNAM strike March 21: 1999 Mexican referendums June 15: 1999 Tehuacán earthquake August 18–25: Hurricane Bret September 5–9: Hurricane Greg September 12: Nuestra Belleza México 1999 September 30: 1999 Oaxaca earthquake September – October: 1999 Mexico floods November: Mexico hosts the first Parapan American Games
Awards
Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Carlos Fuentes Order of the Aztec Eagle National Prize for Arts and Sciences National Public Administration Prize Ohtli Award Deborah V. Ortiz David R. Maciel
Sport
Primera División de México Verano 1999. Primera División de México Invierno 1999. 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Final. Mexico participate in the 1999 Copa América and become 3rd. Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (1999). Ruleta de la Muerte (1999). 1999 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship in Monterrey.
Television Debuted
Alma Rebelde Catalina y Sebastián Háblame de amor Laberintos de pasión Mujeres engañadas Nunca Te Olvidaré Por tu amor Rosalinda Tres mujeres Yacaranday
Ended
Alma Rebelde Camila Catalina y Sebastián El diario de Daniela Nunca Te Olvidaré Por tu amor El Privilegio de Amar Rosalinda Yacaranday
Births
Deaths March 19: Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (Horal, 1950) and Tarumba in Mexico City (b. 1926). May 15: Gutierre Tibón, Italian-Mexican writer (b. 1905) July 22: Lauro Ortega Martínez, 89, governor of Morelos 1982-1988 (b. 1910) November 21: Horacio Gómez Bolaños, 69, actor and comedian (b. 1930)
See also List of Mexican films of 1999
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