Events in the year 1981 in Mexico.
Incumbents Federal government President: José López Portillo Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Enrique Olivares Santana (until November 30), Manuel Bartlett Díaz (starting December 1) Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): 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): Rosa Luz Alegría Escamilla
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: Agustín Téllez Cruces
Governors
Aguascalientes: Rodolfo Landeros Gallegos Baja California: Roberto de la Madrid (PRI) Baja California Sur: Alberto Andrés Alvarado Arámburo/Angel César Mendoza Arámburo Campeche: Juan Sabines Gutiérrez Chiapas: Oscar Ornelas Chihuahua: Francisco José Madero González Coahuila: Oscar Flores Tapia Colima: Griselda Álvarez Durango: José de las Fuentes Rodríguez Guanajuato: Enrique Velasco Ibarra Guerrero: Rubén Figueroa Figueroa/Alejandro Cervantes Delgado Hidalgo: Jorge Rojo Lugo/Guillermo Rossell de la Lama Jalisco: Flavio Romero de Velasco State of Mexico: Jorge Jiménez Cantú Michoacán: Adán Augusto López Hernández Morelos: Armando León Bejarano (PRI) Nayarit: Antonio Echevarría García Nuevo León: Alfonso Martínez Domínguez Oaxaca: Pedro Vázquez Colmenares Puebla: Toxqui Fernández de Lara/Guillermo Jiménez Morales Querétaro: Rafael Camacho Guzmán Quintana Roo: Jesús Martínez Ross/Pedro Joaquín Coldwell San Luis Potosí: Carlos Jonguitud Barrios Sinaloa: Antonio Toledo Corro Sonora: Samuel Ocaña García Tabasco: Leandro Rovirosa Wade Tamaulipas: Emilio Martínez Manautou/Enrique Cárdenas González Tlaxcala: Tulio Hernández Gómez Veracruz: Agustín Acosta Lagunes Yucatán: Francisco Luna Kan Zacatecas: José Guadalupe Cervantes Corona Regent of Mexico City: Carlos Hank González
Events September 13 — By presidential decree, the Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones opens its doors in Churubusco. October 8 – Tropical Storm Lidia strikes south of Los Mochis, with winds of 45 mph (75 km/h). Heavy rainfall associated with the cyclone caused moderate damage in northwestern Mexico, and at least seventy-three deaths can be attributed to the storm. November – The Unified Socialist Party of Mexico is founded by a merger of four parties.Barry Carr, "Mexican Communism 1968–1981: Eurocommunism in the Americas?" Journal of Latin American Studies, Vol. 17, No. 1 (May 1985), 201–228.
Awards Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Luis Alvarez Barret
Film
List of Mexican films of 1981.
Sport
1980–81 Mexican Primera División season.
Births August 6 — José Ron, soap opera actor December 5 – Adan Canto, actor (d. 2024 in the United States) December 21 – Lynda Thomas, singer-songwriter and producer Date unknown — Miriam Rivera, transgender model (d. 2019).
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