Events in the year 1993 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

* President: Carlos Salinas de Gortari *

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): Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios/

Patrocinio González Garrido Patrocinio González Garrido (18 May 1934 – 30 November 2021) was a Mexican politician who served as a Senator and Governor of Chiapas The governor of Chiapas is the chief executive of the Mexican state of Chiapas. The state constitution stip ...

* Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Fernando Solana Morales/ Manuel Camacho Solís * Communications Secretary (SCT): Emilio Gamboa Patrón *

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):

Antonio Riviello Bazán Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...

Secretary of Navy The secretary of the Navy (or SECNAV) is a statutory officer () and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department (component organization) within the United States Department of Defense. By law, the sec ...

Luis Carlos Ruano Angulo Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

* Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Arsenio Farell Cubillas * Secretary of Welfare: Luis Donaldo Colosio/ Carlos Rojas Gutiérrez * Secretary of Public Education: Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León/ Fernando Solana Morales * Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Silvia Hernández Enríquez * Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Guillermo Jiménez Morales * Secretary of Health (SALUD): Jesús Kumate Rodríguez

Supreme Court

* President of the Supreme Court: Ulises Schmill Ordóñez

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 ...

Otto Granados Roldán Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fro ...

, ( Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI) * Baja California: Ernesto Ruffo Appel, ( National Action Party PAN) *

Baja California Sur Baja California Sur (; 'South Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur), is the least populated state and the 31st admitted state of the 32 federal ent ...

Víctor Manuel Liceaga Ruibal Víctor Manuel Liceaga Ruibal (February 11, 1935 – February 13, 2012) was a Mexican politician. Liceaga Ruibal served as the Governor of Baja California Sur from 1987 to 1993. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). ...

/ Guillermo Mercado Romero (PRI) *

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 ...

Jorge Salomón Azar García Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' ...

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, ...

Elmar Setzer Marseille Elmar may refer to: * Elmar (given name) * Leitz Elmar The Tessar is a photographic lens design conceived by the German physicist Paul Rudolph in 1902 while he worked at the Zeiss optical company and patented by Zeiss in Germany; the lens t ...

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 ...

: Francisco Barrio (PAN) *

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 ...

Eliseo Mendoza Berrueto Eliseo Francisco Mendoza Berrueto (13 April 1931 – 17 May 2022)
was a ...

Rogelio Montemayor Seguy Rogelio Montemayor Seguy (born August 18, 1947 Mexico City) is a Mexican politician and economist who served as the Governor of Coahuila from December 1, 1993, to November 30, 1999. In December 1999, Montemayor was appointed the director gener ...

(PRI) * Colima:

Carlos de la Madrid Virgen Carlos de la Madrid Virgen (24 May 1940 – 26 August 2014) was a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party, he was Governor of Colima According to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereig ...

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 ...

: Maximiliano Silerio Esparza *

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 ...

Carlos Medina Plascencia Carlos Medina Plascencia (born 14 August 1955 in León, Guanajuato, León, Guanajuato) is a Mexicans, Mexican politician affiliated with the conservative National Action Party (Mexico), National Action Party (PAN). He is a former mayor of León, ...

* Guerrero: José Francisco Ruiz Massieu/ Rubén Figueroa Alcocer (PRI) * Hidalgo:

Adolfo Lugo Verduzco Adolfo Lugo Verduzco (24 March 1933 – 21 January 2022) was a Mexican politician and speaker, affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was a senator, chairman of the PRI and governor of Hidalgo. Biography Lugo Verduzco ...

/ Jesús Murillo Karam *

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

: Carlos Rivera Aceves *

State of Mexico The State of Mexico ( es, Estado de México; ), officially just Mexico ( es, México), is one of the 32 federal entities of the United Mexican States. Commonly known as Edomex (from ) to distinguish it from the name of the whole country, it is ...

Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza (13 November 1935 – 14 April 2020) was a Mexican politician who served as Governor of the State of Mexico. Early life Pichardo served in the Cabinet of President Miguel de la Madrid as general comptroller and in the ...

/ Emilio Chuayffet (PRI) *

Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of ...

: Ausencio Chávez Hernández *

Morelos Morelos (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 36 municipalities and its capital city is Cuer ...

** Antonio Riva Palacio (PRI), until May 17. ** Jorge Carrillo Olea (PRI), starting May 18. * Nayarit: Celso Humberto Delgado Ramírez *

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...

Sócrates Rizzo Sócrates Cuauhtémoc Rizzo García (born September 14, 1945 in Linares, Nuevo León) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He is a former federal Congressman (1985–1989), mayor of Monterrey (198 ...

(PRI) * Oaxaca:

Diódoro Carrasco Altamirano Diódoro Humberto Carrasco Altamirano (born 30 January 1954) is a Mexican economist and politician from the National Action Party (formerly from the Institutional Revolutionary Party) who has served as Governor of Oaxaca from 1992 to 1998 and as ...

(PRI) *

Puebla Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...

Mariano Piña Olaya Mariano Piña Olaya ( Champusco, Puebla, March 29, 1933) is a Mexican politician who served as the Governor of Puebla from 1987 to 1993. Career Piña Olaya studied the law in the National Autonomous University of Mexico. As a member of the Inst ...

Manuel Bartlett Díaz Manuel Bartlett Díaz (born 23 February 1936) is a Mexican politician, and the current director of the public energy company CFE, and former Secretary of the Interior. Bartlett was elected to the Senate of the Republic for the 2000–2006 ...

(PRI) *

Querétaro Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...

Enrique Burgos García Enrique Burgos García (born 20 Abril 1946) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PRI. He currently serves as Senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Querétaro. He also served as Governor of Querétaro bet ...

(PRI) * Quintana Roo:

Miguel Borge Martín Miguel Borge Martín (born 30 October 1943 in Cozumel, Quintana Roo) is a Mexican politician member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Between 1987 and 1993 he served as governor of the state of Quintana Roo. Prior to his ele ...

/ Mario Villanueva Madrid (PRI) *

San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...

Horacio Sánchez Unzueta The name Horacio is found sporadically throughout all Latinamerica. Historical Figures *Horacio Quiroga, an Uruguayan author and writer. *Horacio Carochi, an Italian Jesuit priest and grammarian *Horacio Pagani (auto executive) (born 1955), Argen ...

(PRI) *

Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is d ...

Renato Vega Alvarado Renatus is a first name of Latin origin which means "born again" (natus = born). In Italian, Portuguese and Spanish it exists in masculine and feminine forms: Renato and Renata. In French they have been translated to René and Renée. Renata is a ...

(PRI) *

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...

Manlio Fabio Beltrones Rivera Manlio Fabio Beltrones Rivera (born August 30, 1952 in Villa Juárez, Sonora) is a Mexican economist and elected official, member of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) party, and a federal deputy since September 1, 2012. He was the ...

(PRI) * Tabasco:

Salvador Neme Castillo Salvador, meaning " salvation" (or "saviour") in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese may refer to: * Salvador (name) Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Salvador (band), a Christian band that plays both English and Spanish music ** ''Salvador'' ...

/ Manuel Gurría Ordóñez (PRI) * Tamaulipas:

Américo Villarreal Guerra Domingo Jhonny Vega Urzúa (born December 24, 1977, in Arica, Chile), commonly known as Américo, is a Chilean singer. He became known as the lead artist of Américo y la Nueva Alegría. He is the son of a locally known boleros singer, Melvin ...

Manuel Cavazos Lerma Manuel Cavazos Lerma (born 12 March 1946 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas) is a Mexican politician and economist from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who served as governor of Tamaulipas from 1993–1999. Biography Cavazos Lerma was born ...

(PRI) * Tlaxcala: Samuel Quiróz de la Vega/

José Antonio Álvarez Lima José Antonio Álvarez Lima (born May 3, 1942) is a Mexican politician and Senate of the Republic (Mexico), senator representing the state of Tlaxcala in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress. A member of the National Regeneration Movemen ...

(PRD) * Veracruz:

Patricio Chirinos Calero Patricio in Spanish, or Patrício in Portuguese, is a male given name equivalent to Patrick in English. The Spanish name is pronounced with the stress on the same first i as Portuguese, but an accent is not needed because this follows normal rul ...

(PRD) * Yucatán: Dulce María Sauri Riancho/

Ricardo Ávila Heredia Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname. People Given name *Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portug ...

(PRI) * Zacatecas:

Arturo Romo Gutiérrez Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur. People *Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer * Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1959), Mexican footballer *Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt (b. 1982), Br ...

(PRI) * Regent of Mexico City ** Manuel Camacho Solís **

Manuel Aguilera Gomez Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manu ...

Events

* The Foro Sol opened * Musical bands La Gusana Ciega and

Hocico Hocico () is a Mexican electro-industrial duo that was formed in 1993 in Mexico City. History Hocico was officially formed in 1993 by cousins Erik Garcia (aka Erk Aicrag) and Oscar Mayorga (aka Racso Agroyam), with Erik writing lyrics and perfo ...

are founded. * Arqueología Mexicana has its first issue published. * May 14: The Ecologist Green Party of Mexico is founded. * May 21: The Miss Universe 1993 contest was held at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City. *

May 24 Events Pre-1600 * 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. * 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. * 1276 – Magnus La ...

: Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo and five other people are assassinated in a shootout at Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport. * September 3:

Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte The Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (SNCA; ''National System of Art Creators'') is program developed by the former Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, and founded per presidential decree on September 3, 1993. Its goal is the advancem ...

founded per presidential decree. * December 1: The Apostolic Nunciature to Mexico, Girolamo Prigione, has a secret meeting with drug lord Ramón Arellano Félix, who was implicated in the assassination of Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas six months earlier.

Awards

* Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor –

Andrés Henestrosa Andrés Henestrosa Morales (November 25, 1906 – January 10, 2008) was a Mexican writer and politician. In addition to his prose and poetry, Henestrosa was elected to the federal legislature, serving three terms in the Chamber of Deputies, ...

Hurricanes

* June 18–20:

Tropical Storm Beatriz (1993) The 1993 Pacific hurricane season included more than double the average number of major hurricanes – Category 3 or stronger cyclones on the Saffir–Simpson scale. This activity was the result of an El Niño event, which is the main factor ...

* June 18–21:

Tropical Storm Arlene (1993) Tropical Storm Arlene brought torrential rainfall to the western United States Gulf Coast, particularly to the U.S. state of Texas, in June 1993. The first named storm of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season, Arlene developed from an area of ...

* August 17–27: Hurricane Hilary (1993) * September 8–14:

Hurricane Lidia (1993) Hurricane Lidia was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 1993 Pacific hurricane season. Forming from a tropical wave on September 8, Lidia steadily organized and became a hurricane on September 10. The hurricane continued to strengthen while de ...

* September 14–26: Hurricane Gert

Sport

1992–93 Mexican Primera División season The following are statistics about Primera División de México for the 1992-93 season. Overview It was contested by 20 teams, and Atlante won the championship. Pachuca, who was promoted from Segunda División the previous season, was relegate ...

* Olmecas de Tabasco win the Mexican League. * 1993 Caribbean Series played at Estadio Teodoro Mariscal in Mazatlán. *

1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the second edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The format of the tournament stayed the same as in 1991: eight teams were broken up into ...

1993 IAAF World Race Walking Cup The 1993 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 24 and 25 April 1993 in the streets of Monterrey, Mexico. The event was also known as ''IAAF/Reebok World Race Walking Cup''. For the first time, event specific team standings were introduced for t ...

Alto Rendimiento Tuzo Alto Rendimiento Tuzo was a Mexican football club in Pachuca, Hidalgo, was placed in the Segunda División de México Liga Nuevos Talentos. The club was not eligible for promotion because it is affiliated with Mexican Liga Bancomer MX club C.F. ...

is founded.

Births

*April 2 –

Jaime Romero Móran Jaime Humberto Romero Moran (2 April 1993 – 3 January 2015 in Guadalajara) was a Mexican male artistic gymnast, representing his nation at international competitions. He competed at the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 2013 ...

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

, (d. January 3, 2015). * September 18 – Mariana Avitia, archer * October 23 – Daniela Álvarez, winner of Nuestra Belleza México 2013 beauty pageant in 2013 * December 11 – Yalitza Aparicio, actress and educator

Deaths

– Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo Cardinal of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara, 1987-1993 (b. November 11,

1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...

References

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