2004 in Mexico
# 2004 in Mexico

This is a list of events that happened in 2004 in Mexico.

## Incumbents

### Federal government

* President: Vicente Fox PAN
* Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Santiago Creel
* Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Luis Ernesto Derbez
* 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): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres
* Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Alberto Cárdenas
* Secretary of Health (SALUD): Julio Frenk
* Attorney General of Mexico (PRG): Rafael Macedo de la Concha

### Supreme Court

* President of the Supreme Court: Mariano Azuela Güitrón

### Governors

* Aguascalientes
   * Felipe González González PAN, until August 25
   * Juan José León Rubio, Interim governor, August 25–November 30
   * Luis Armando Reynoso PAN, starting December 1
* Baja California: Eugenio Elorduy Walther PAN
* Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota Montaño PRD
* Campeche: Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez PRI
* Chiapas: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía PRD
* Chihuahua
   * Patricio Martínez García PRI, until October 3
   * José Reyes Baeza Terrazas PRI, starting October 4
* Coahuila: Enrique Martínez y Martínez PRI
* Colima: Gustavo Vázquez Montes PRI, starting January 1
* Durango
   * Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier PRI, until September 14
   * Ismael Hernández PRI, starting September 15
* 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, until November 30
   * Ulises Ruiz Ortiz PRI, starting December 1
* 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, until December 31
* Sonora: Eduardo Bours PRI
* Tabasco: Manuel Andrade Díaz PAN, starting January 1
* Tamaulipas: Tomás Yarrington PRI
* Tlaxcala: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya PRD
* Veracruz
   * Miguel Alemán Velasco PRI, until November 30
   * Fidel Herrera Beltrán PRI, starting December 1
* Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco PRI
* Zacatecas
   * Ricardo Monreal PRD, until September 11
   * Amalia García PRD, starting September 12
* Head of Government of the Federal District: Andrés Manuel López Obrador PRD

## Events

* Videoscandals
* The Desafuero of Manuel López Obrador
* The Vallarta Botanical Gardens are founded.
* The new Museo Estatal de Arte Popular de Oaxaca gets inaugurated.
* The National Institute of Genomic Medicine INMEGEN is founded.
* January 12–13: Monterrey Special Summit of the Americas
* March 30: Ariel Award ceremony at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
* April 30: the Avena case is decided.
* May 13: 2004 Mexican UFO incident
* May 23: The Comando Jaramillista Morelense 23 de Mayo bomb 3 banks in Cuernavaca, Morelos,
* September 10–20: Hurricane Javier (2004)
* September 11: Nuestra Belleza México 2004
* December 26: 3 Mexicans are among the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

## Elections

* 2004 Chihuahua state election
* 2004 Durango state election
* 2004 Oaxaca state election
* 2004 Zacatecas state election

## Awards

* Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor - Carlos Canseco González
* Order of the Aztec Eagle
* National Prize for Arts and Sciences
* National Public Administration Prize
* Ohtli Award
   * Nancy "Rusty" Barceló
   * Bob Menedez

## Sport

* Primera División de México Clausura 2004
* Primera División de México Apertura 2004
* 2004 InterLiga
* 2004 Desafío Corona season
* 2004 Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate
* Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (2004)
* Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics
* Mexico at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
* 2004 World Karate Championships in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
* 2004 Mexican Figure Skating Championships
* 2004 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Mexicali and Tijuana, Baja California.
* 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tijuana.
* 2004 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics in Coatzacoalcos
* The Bravos de Nuevo Laredo, Búhos de Hermosillo, Vaqueros de Ixtlan CF and the Azucareros de Tezonapa are founded.

## Deaths

* February 17 – José López Portillo, 51st President of Mexico 1976-1982 (b. 1920)
* August 18 — Víctor Cervera Pacheco, politician (PRI); Governor of Yucatán 1984–1988 and 1995–2001 (b. 1936)
