Events in the year 1951 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

Interior Secretary The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land along with natu ...

(SEGOB): Adolfo Ruiz Cortines * Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE):

Manuel Tello Baurraud Manuel Tello Baurraud (1 November 1898 – 27 November 1971) was a Mexican politician and diplomat, who represented his country at the League of Nations (1938–1941) and served twice as Secretary of Foreign Affairs; first in the cabinet of Pre ...

Luis Padilla Nervo Luis Padilla Nervo (19 August 1894 – 9 September 1985) was a Mexican politician and diplomat. He was the first Mexican Ambassador at the United Nations, Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the Sixth Session of United Nations Ge ...

* Communications Secretary (SCT): Agustín García López * Education Secretary (SEP):

Manuel Gual Vidal Manuel Gual Vidal (3 August 1903 – 7 August 1954) was a Mexican jurist and educator. In 1944 he served as rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Aut ...

Secretary of Defense A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...

(SEDENA):

Gilberto R. Limón Gilberto is the Iberian and Italian version of the originally Norman-French given name ''Gilbert'', used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish languages. In Galician, it's spelled Xilberto or Xilberte. ''Gilbert'' is ultimately derived from the G ...

* Secretary of Navy: Alberto J. Pawling * Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Manuel Ramírez Vázquez

Supreme Court

* President of the Supreme Court: Salvador Urbina

Governors

Aguascalientes Aguascalientes (; ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and ...

: Edmundo Gámez Orozco *

Campeche Campeche (; yua, Kaampech ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Campeche), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by ...

Manuel López Hernández Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel Charles Fuqua Manuel Jr. (born January 4, 1944), is an American former professional baseball playe ...

Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

Francisco J. Grajales Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father o ...

Chihuahua Chihuahua may refer to: Places *Chihuahua (state), a Mexican state **Chihuahua (dog), a breed of dog named after the state **Chihuahua cheese, a type of cheese originating in the state **Chihuahua City, the capital city of the state **Chihuahua Mun ...

: Oscar Soto Maynez *

Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...

Raúl López Sánchez Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul. Raul, Raúl or Raül may re ...

/ Ramón Cepeda López * Colima:

Jesús González Lugo Jesus ( AD 30 or 33) was a Jewish preacher and religious leader who most Christians believe to be the incarnation of God and Muslims believe was a prophet. Jesus may also refer to: People Religious figures * Elymas Bar-Jesus, a Jew in the ''Act ...

Durango Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...

Enrique Torres Sánchez Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk ...

Guanajuato Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city i ...

: José Aguilar y Maya * Governor of Guerrero, Guerrero: Baltazar R. Leyva Mancilla/Alejandro Gómez Maganda * Governor of Hidalgo, Hidalgo: Vicente Aguirre del Castillo/Vicente Aguirre del Castillo * Governor of Jalisco, Jalisco: José de Jesús González Gallo * Governor of the State of Mexico, State of Mexico: Alfredo del Mazo Vélez/Salvador Sánchez Colín * Governor of Michoacán, Michoacán: Dámaso Cárdenas del Río * Governor of Morelos, Morelos: Ernesto Escobar Muñoz * Governor of Nayarit, Nayarit: Gilberto Flores Muñoz * Governor of Nuevo León, Nuevo León: Ignacio Morones Prieto * Governor of Oaxaca, Oaxaca: Manuel Mayoral Heredia * Governor of Puebla, Puebla: Carlos I. Betancourt/Rafael Ávila Camacho * Governor of Querétaro, Querétaro: Octavio Mondragón Guerra * Governor of San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí: Ismael Salas Penieres * Governor of Sinaloa, Sinaloa: Enrique Pérez Arce * Governor of Sonora, Sonora: Ignacio Soto * Governor of Tabasco, Tabasco: Francisco Javier Santamaría * Governor of Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas: Raúl Garate/Horacio Terán * Governor of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala: Rafael Avila Bretón/Felipe Mazarraza * Governor of Veracruz, Veracruz: Marco Antonio Muñoz Turnbull * Governor of Yucatán, Yucatán: José González Beytia/Humberto Esquivel Medina * Governor of Zacatecas, Zacatecas: José Minero Roque

Events

* The Faustino Miranda Botanical Garden is founded under the trusteeship of Dr. Faustino Miranda. * March 9: The Mexico City trolleybus system starts operating.

Film

* List of Mexican films of 1951

Sport

* 1950–51 Mexican Primera División season. * Azules de Veracruz México win the Mexican League. * November 12: C.F. La Piedad founded.

Births

*January 6 – Fishman (wrestler) (d. 2017) *January 31 — Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto, List of Governors of Hidalgo, Governor of Hidalgo 1999-2005 *February 3 — Felipe Muñoz, swimmer *April 8 – Joan Sebastian, singer-songwriter (Latin Grammy Award, 7 Latin Grammy Awards and Grammy Award, 5 Grammy Awards, (d. July 13, 2015) *August 11 – Carlos Alvarado Perea, progressive rock musician (d. January 13, 2020) *August 14 — Dulce María Sauri Riancho, politician (PRI); first female Governor of Yucatán Governor of Yucatán *October 22 — Carlos Frenk, cosmologist *November 17 — Eduardo Ibarrola Nicolín, Mexican-born diplomat) *November 26 – Óscar Lara Aréchiga, politician (PRI) (d. 2017). * December 27 – Ernesto Zedillo, economist and politician (PRI); 54th President of Mexico (1994-2000) *Date unknown **Emilio Alvarado Badillo, photographer, civil engineer, public servant and académic (ITESM, State of Mexico) (d. 2017). **Saúl Montoya Beltrán, baseball player; (d. 2018). **Curro Rivera Agüero, bullfighter; (d. 2001).

References

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