Events in the year 1976 in Mexico.
Incumbents Federal government President: Luis Echeverría (until 30 November), José López Portillo (starting 1 December) Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Mario Moya Palencia/Jesús Reyes Heroles Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Alfonso García Robles/Santiago Roel García Communications Secretary (SCT): Emilio Mújica Montoya Education Secretary (SEP): Víctor Bravo Ahuja/Porfirio Muñoz Ledo Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Hermenegildo Cuenca Díaz/Félix Galván López Secretary of Navy: Ricardo Cházaro Lara Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Pedro Ojeda Paullada Secretary of Welfare: Luis Enrique Bracamontes/Pedro Ramírez Vázquez Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Julio Hirschfeld Almada/Guillermo Rossell de la Lama
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: Mario G. Rebolledo Fernández
Governors
Aguascalientes: José Refugio Esparza Reyes Baja California: Milton Castellanos Everardo Baja California Sur: Ángel César Mendoza Arámburo Campeche: Rafael Rodríguez Barrera Chiapas Manuel Velasco Suárez (until November 30) Jorge de la Vega Domínguez (starting December 1) Chihuahua: Manuel Bernardo Aguirre Coahuila: Oscar Flores Tapia Colima: Arturo Noriega Pizano Durango: Héctor Mayagoitia Domínguez Guanajuato: Luis H. Ducoing Gamba Guerrero: Rubén Figueroa Figueroa Hidalgo: Jalisco: Alberto Orozco Romero State of Mexico: Jorge Jiménez Cantú Michoacán: Carlos Torres Manzo Morelos Felipe Rivera Crespo (PRI), until May 18 Armando León Bejarano (PRI), starting May 18 Nayarit: Nuevo León: Pedro Zorrilla Martínez Oaxaca: Miguel Zárate Aquino Puebla: Toxqui Fernández de Lara Querétaro: Antonio Calzada Urquiza Quintana Roo: Jesús Martínez Ross San Luis Potosí: Guillermo Fonseca Álvarez Sinaloa: Alfonso G. Calderón Sonora: Alejandro Carrillo Marcor Tabasco: Mario Trujillo García Tamaulipas: Enrique Cárdenas González Tlaxcala: Emilio Sánchez Piedras Veracruz: Rafael Hernández Ochoa Yucatán Carlos Loret de Mola Mediz (until January 31) Francisco Luna Kan (starting February 1) Zacatecas: Fernando Pámanes Escobedo Regent of Mexico City Octavio Senties Gomez Carlos Hank González
Events
Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Campus Estado de México) founded. Organizacion Editorial Mexicana founded. Universidad Intercontinental established. March 15: Autonomous University of Baja California Sur established. July 4: 1976 Mexican general election September 7 – 11: Hurricane Kathleen September 29 – October 8: Hurricane Madeline October 1: Instituto Tecnológico de Nuevo León established. November 6: first issue of Proceso (magazine) published. December 15: The Trolleybuses in Guadalajara start operating.
Awards Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Jesús Romero Flores
Births June 7: Nora Salinas, actress June 10: Mariana Seoane, model, singer, and actress July 8: Grettell Valdez, television and film actress and former fashion model December 3: Arleth Terán, soap opera actress
Film
List of Mexican films of 1976
Sport
1975–76 Mexican Primera División season Diablos Rojos del México win the Mexican League Mexico at the 1976 Summer Olympics Mexico at the 1976 Summer Paralympics 1976 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics in Xalapa.
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