2001 in Mexico

Events in the year 2001 in Mexico.

← 2000 1999 1998 2001 in Mexico → 2002 2003 2004
Decades:	1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	History of Mexico List of years in Mexico Timeline of Mexican history

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Vicente Fox  PAN

See also: Cabinet of Mexico

• Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Santiago Creel
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Jorge Castañeda Gutman
• Communications Secretary (SCT): Pedro Cerisola
• Education Secretary (SEP): Reyes Tamez
• Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Gerardo Clemente Vega
• Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Marco Antonio Peyrot González
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): José Carlos María Abascal Carranza
• Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL): Josefina Vázquez Mota
• Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Leticia Navarro
• Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Víctor Lichtinger
• Secretary of Health (SALUD): Julio Frenk
• Attorney General of Mexico (PRG): Rafael Macedo de la Concha

Supreme Court

See also: National Supreme Court of Justice

• President of the Supreme Court: Genaro David Góngora Pimentel

Governors

• Aguascalientes: Felipe González González  PAN
• Baja California
  • Alejandro González Alcocer  PAN, until October 31.
  • Eugenio Elorduy Walther  PAN, starting November 1.
• Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota Montaño PRD
• Campeche: José Antonio González Curi
• Chiapas: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía PRD
• Chihuahua: Patricio Martínez García  PRI
• Coahuila: Enrique Martínez y Martínez  PRI
• Colima: Fernando Moreno Peña  PRI
• Durango: Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier  PRI
• Guanajuato: Juan Carlos Romero Hicks  PAN
• Guerrero: René Juárez Cisneros  PRI
• Hidalgo: Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto  PRI
• Jalisco: Alberto Cárdenas  PAN
• State of Mexico: Arturo Montiel  PRI
• Michoacán: Víctor Manuel Tinoco Rubí  PRI
• Morelos: Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez  PAN.
• Nayarit: Antonio Echevarría Domínguez
• Nuevo León: Fernando Canales Clariond  PAN
• Oaxaca: José Murat Casab  PRI
• Puebla: Melquíades Morales  PRI
• Querétaro: Ignacio Loyola Vera  PAN
• Quintana Roo: Joaquín Hendricks Díaz  PRI
• San Luis Potosí: Fernando Silva Nieto
• Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán  PRI
• Sonora: Armando López Nogales
• Tabasco: Enrique Priego Oropeza  PRI, acting governor January 1-December 31
• Tamaulipas: Tomás Yarrington  PRI
• Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya PRD
• Veracruz: Miguel Alemán Velasco  PRI
• Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco  PRI
• Zacatecas: Ricardo Monreal PRD
• Head of Government of the Federal District: Andrés Manuel López Obrador PRD

Events

• Pemexgate is uncovered.
• April 29: The Guadalajara Mexico Temple is opened in Mexico City.
• September 28: Nuestra Belleza México 2001
• November 22: The Mexican Council on Foreign Relations is established

Awards

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Mexico

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – José Ezequiel Iturriaga Sauco
• Order of the Aztec Eagle
• National Prize for Arts and Sciences
• National Public Administration Prize
• Ohtli Award
  • Marco Antonio Firebaugh
  • Raúl Héctor Castro
  • Carlos Cortez
  • Enrique Moreno
  • Cecilia Muñoz

Births

• January 17 - Angie Vazquez, Mexican singer, and banded from Vazquez Sounds.
• August 24 – Mildred Maldonado, rhythmic gymnast

Deaths

• June 3 – Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor, painter, writer, and film director (b. 1915)

Hurricanes

• August 14–22: Tropical Storm Chantal (2001)
• September 21 – October 3: Hurricane Juliette (2001)
• October 4–9: Hurricane Iris

Film

• List of Mexican films of 2001

Sport

• Primera División de México Verano 2001
• Primera División de México Invierno 2001
• Mexico loses 2001 Copa América final to Colombia
• Sin Piedad (2001)
• Juicio Final (2001)
• 2001 Centrobasket is held in Toluca,
• Estudiantes de Altamira and Estudiantes de Xalapa are founded.