Events in the year 1979 in Mexico.
Incumbents Federal government President: José López Portillo Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Jesús Reyes Heroles/Enrique Olivares Santana Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Santiago Roel García/Jorge Castañeda y Álvarez Communications Secretary (SCT): Emilio Mújica Montoya Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Félix Galván López Secretary of Navy: Ricardo Cházaro Lara Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Pedro Ojeda Paullada Secretary of Welfare: Pedro Ramírez Vázquez Secretary of Public Education: Fernando Solana Morales Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Guillermo Rossell de la Lama
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: Agustín Téllez Cruces
Governors
Aguascalientes: José Refugio Esparza Reyes Baja California: Roberto de la Madrid Baja California Sur: Angel César Mendoza Arámburo Campeche: Rafael Rodríguez Barrera/Eugenio Echeverría Castellot Chiapas: Salomón González Blanco Chihuahua: Manuel Bernardo Aguirre Coahuila: Oscar Flores Tapia Colima: Salvador Gámiz Fernández/Griselda Álvarez Durango: Héctor Mayagoitia Domínguez/Salvador Gámiz Fernández Guanajuato: Enrique Velasco Ibarra/Luis H. Ducoing Gamba Guerrero: Flavio Romero de Velasco Hidalgo: Rubén Figueroa Figueroa Jalisco: Flavio Romero de Velasco State of Mexico: Jorge Jiménez Cantú Michoacán: Carlos Torres Manzo Morelos: Armando León Bejarano (PRI) Nayarit: Rogelio Flores Curiel Nuevo León: Pedro Zorrilla Martínez Oaxaca: Eliseo Jiménez Ruiz Puebla: Toxqui Fernández de Lara Querétaro: Rafael Camacho Guzmán Quintana Roo: Jesús Martínez Ross San Luis Potosí: Carlos Jonguitud Barrios Sinaloa: Alfonso G. Calderón Sonora: Alejandro Carrillo Marcor Tabasco: Leandro Rovirosa Wade Tamaulipas: Enrique Cárdenas González Tlaxcala: Emilio Sánchez Piedras Veracruz: Rafael Hernández Ochoa Yucatán: Francisco Luna Kan Zacatecas: Fernando Pámanes Escobedo Regent of Mexico City: Carlos Hank González
Events
Museo Rufino Tamayo in Oaxaca opens. Colegio Alemán de Guadalajara founded. University of the Cloister of Sor Juana established. February 5: Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuautitlán established. June 3: Ixtoc I oil spill July 1: 1979 Mexican legislative election September 14–21: Hurricane Henri (1979) October 31: Western Airlines Flight 2605
Awards Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Fidel Velázquez Sánchez
Film
List of Mexican films of 1979
Sport
1978–79 Mexican Primera División season. Ángeles de Puebla win the Mexican League. 1979 Summer Universiade in Mexico City. 1979 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics in Guadalajara. Club de Fútbol Oaxtepec founded.
Births January 28: Melvin Brown, footballer February 1 - Valentín Elizalde (d. 2006) February 13: Rafael Márquez, footballer and manager February 19: Mariana Ochoa, singer and actress February 26 - Susana Diazayas, actress February 28: Amat Escalante, film director, producer and screenwriter March 1: Fernando Montiel, boxer March 16: Adriana Fonseca, actress and dancer. March 16: Daniel Osorno, footballer April 30: Gerardo Torrado, footballer May 15: Adolfo Bautista, footballer June 1: Mario Méndez, Mexican footballer July 21: Luis Ernesto Michel, footballer July 23: Perro Aguayo Jr., pro wrestler (d. March 21, 2015). July 27: Jorge Arce, boxer August 7: Juan Pablo Rodríguez, footballer August 28: Michel Franco, film director September 25: Karla Luna, actress (Las Lavanderas) and singer (d. September 28, 2017). September 29: Jaime Lozano, footballer and Current manager of the Mexican National Association Football team October 2: Francisco Fonseca, footballer and analyst October 14: Guillermo Pérez, taekwondo practitioner October 23: Jorge Solís, boxer November 14: Miguel Sabah, footballer November 19: Michelle Vieth, American born Mexican actress and model. December 23: Jacqueline Bracamontes, Mexican actress and beauty contest winner (Nuestra Belleza México 2000). December 29: Diego Luna, actor, director, producer
Deaths January 18 — María Dolores Izaguirre de Ruiz, First Lady of Mexico (1952-1958) (b. 1891) July 15 — Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Bolaños, President of Mexico 1964-1970 (b. 1911)
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