2003 in Mexico

Events in the year 2003 in Mexico.

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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, until January 10
  • Luis Ernesto Derbez, starting January 15
• 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
• Secretary of Tourism (SECTUR)
  • Leticia Navarro, until July 29
  • Rodolfo Elizondo Torres, starting July 29
• Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT)
  • Víctor Lichtinger, until June
  • Alberto Cárdenas, starting June
• 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: Mariano Azuela Güitrón

Governors

• Aguascalientes: Felipe González González  PAN
• Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther  PAN
• Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota Montaño PRD
• Campeche
  • José Antonio González Curi, until September 15
  • Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez  PRI, starting September 16
• Chiapas: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía  PRI
• Chihuahua: Patricio Martínez García  PRI
• Coahuila: Enrique Martínez y Martínez  PRI
• Colima
  • Fernando Moreno Peña  PRI, until October 31
  • Carlos Flores Dueñas  PRI, interim governor November 1-December 31
• 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: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel PRD
• 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, until September 30
  • Francisco Garrido Patrón  PAN, starting October 1
• Quintana Roo: Joaquín Hendricks Díaz  PRI
• San Luis Potosí
  • Fernando Silva Nieto, until September 25
  • Jesús Marcelo de los Santos  PAN, Starting September 26
• Sinaloa: Juan S. Millán  PRI
• Sonora
  • Armando López Nogales  PRI, until September 13
  • Eduardo Bours  PRI, starting September 13
• Tabasco: Manuel Andrade Díaz  PAN, starting January 1
• 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

• Fahrenheit has its first issue published.
• The Chiapas Bridge is finished with being constructed.
• The México Posible party is founded and dissolved.
• January 21: 2003 Colima earthquake.
• February 18: The State of Mexico votes in a referendum on the death penalty. 82% of the 806,416 people who voted, voted Yes for the death penalty on crimes of murder, kidnapping, child theft and violent assaults.
• March 13: Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas is created.
• June 2: The Escuela Preparatoria Tlalpan II "Otilio Montaño" is inaugurated.
• July 5: The National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples goes into effect.
• July 6: 2003 Mexican legislative election
• September: World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2003 in Cancun.
• September 5: Nuestra Belleza México 2003.
• September 28: Optibús starts operations.
• November 15: Miss Latin America 2004 held in Cancun.
• November 27: the Monterrey Arena is opened.
• December 9 – 11: The United Nations Convention against Corruption is opened for signing in Mérida, Yucatán.
• December 22: Counter-terrorism base Ixtoc-Alfa is founded by the Mexican Navy.

Hurricanes

• June 26 – 27: Tropical Storm Carlos (2003)
• June 29 – July 2: Tropical Storm Bill (2003)
• July 8 – 17: Hurricane Claudette (2003)
• August 14 – 17: Hurricane Erika (2003)
• August 22 – 27: Hurricane Ignacio (2003)
• September 8 – 24: Hurricane Marty (2003)
• October 1 – 6: Tropical Storm Larry (2003)

Awards

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Mexico

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor - Luis González y González
• Order of the Aztec Eagle
• National Prize for Arts and Sciences
• National Public Administration Prize
• Ohtli Award
  • Marco A. López Jr.
  • Patricia Madrid

Sport

• Primera División de México Clausura 2003
• Primera División de México Apertura 2003
• Mexico win the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
• 2003 Centrobasket held in Culiacán
• 2003 Centrobasket Women
• 2003 Mexican Figure Skating Championships
• 2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante
• 2003 MasterCard Truck Series season
• 2003 Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix
• Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (2003)
• 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III co-hosted with Bosnia
• 2003 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship Culiacan, Sinaloa
• 2003 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup Saltillo, Coahuila
• 2003 Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships
• Mexico at the 2003 Pan American Games
• 2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup from San Diego, California, United States to Tijuana, Baja California.
• C.F. Mérida founded.
• Tijuana Dragons founded.
• Monterrey Fury founded.

Film

• List of Mexican films of 2003

Births

• January 16 – Adriana Hernández, rhythmic gymnast
• May 8 – Joaquín Bondoni, singer, songwriter and actor
• September 18 – Ana Galindo, rhythmic gymnast

Deaths

• February 11: Socorro Avelar, actress (b. 1925)
• June 10: Alfredo Guati Rojo watercolor artist (b. December 1, 1918)
• November 1: Humberto Briseño Sierra, Mexican lawyer (b. 1914)
• November 6: Eduardo Palomo, actor (Corazón salvaje (1993 TV series)) (b. 1962)