2011 in Mexico

Incumbents

Federal government

• Interior Secretary (SEGOB)
  • Francisco Blake Mora, until November 11 (died in office)^[1]
  • Alejandro Poiré Romero, starting November 17
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Patricia Espinosa
• Communications Secretary (SCT)
  • Juan Molinar Horcasitas, until January 7
  • Dionisio Pérez-Jácome Friscione, starting January 7
• Education Secretary (SEP): Alonso Lujambio
• Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Guillermo Galván Galván
• Secretary of Navy (SEMAR): Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS)
  • Javier Lozano Alarcón, until December 14
  • Rosalinda Vélez Juárez, starting December 14
• Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL): Heriberto Félix Guerra
• Secretary of Public Education (SEP):
• Tourism Secretary (SECTUR):
• Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada
• Secretary of Health (SALUD)
  • José Ángel Córdova, until September 9
  • Salomón Chertorivski Woldenberg, starting September 9
• Secretary of Energy (SENER)
  • José Antonio Meade, until September 9
  • Jordy Herrera Flores, starting September 9
• Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP)
  • Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, until September 9
  • José Antonio Meade, starting September 9
• Secretary of Economy (SE): Bruno Ferrari García de Alba
• Secretariat of Public Security (SSP): Genaro García Luna

Governors

• Aguascalientes: Carlos Lozano de la Torre PRI
• Baja California: José Guadalupe Osuna Millán PAN
• Baja California Sur
  • Narciso Agúndez Montaño PRD, until April 5.
  • Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor PAN, starting April 5.^[2]
• Campeche: Fernando Ortega Bernés PRI
• Chiapas: Juan Sabines Guerrero, (Coalition for the Good of All)
• Chihuahua: César Duarte Jáquez PRI
• Coahuila
  • Humberto Moreira PRI, until January 4
  • Jorge Torres López PRI, January 4–November 30
  • Rubén Moreira PRI, starting December 1
• Colima: Mario Anguiano Moreno PRI
• Durango: Jorge Herrera Caldera PRI
• Guanajuato: Juan Manuel Oliva PAN
• Guerrero
  • Zeferino Torreblanca PRD, until March 31
  • Ángel Aguirre Rivero PRD, starting April 1
• Hidalgo
  • Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong PRI
  • Francisco Olvera Ruiz PRI
• Jalisco: Emilio González Márquez PAN
• State of Mexico
  • Enrique Peña Nieto PRI, until September 16
  • Eruviel Ávila Villegas PRI, starting September 16
• Michoacán: Leonel Godoy Rangel PRD
• Morelos: Marco Antonio Adame PAN.^[3]
• Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez
• Nuevo León: Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz PRI
• Oaxaca: Gabino Cué Monteagudo, Convergence
• Puebla
  • Mario Plutarco Marín Torres PRI, until January 31
  • Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas PAN, starting February 1
• Querétaro: José Calzada PRI
• Quintana Roo
  • Félix González Canto PRI, until April 4
  • Roberto Borge Angulo PRI, starting April 5
• San Luis Potosí: Fernando Toranzo Fernández PRI
• Sinaloa: Mario López Valdez, starting January 1
• Sonora: Guillermo Padrés Elías PAN
• Tabasco: Andrés Granier Melo PRI
• Tamaulipas: Egidio Torre Cantú PRI, starting January 1
• Tlaxcala
  • Héctor Ortiz Ortiz PAN, untl January 14
  • Mariano González Zarur PRI, starting January 15
• Veracruz: Javier Duarte de Ochoa PRI
• Yucatán: Ivonne Ortega Pacheco PRI
• Zacatecas: Amalia García PRD
• Head of Government of the Federal District: Marcelo Ebrard (PRD)

Events

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Awards

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solorzano
• Order of the Aztec Eagle
• National Prize for Arts and Sciences
• National Public Administration Prize
• Ohtli Award
  • Alexander Gonzalez
  • Charlie Gonzalez
  • Carlos Gutierrez
  • Salud Carbajal
  • Francisco G. Cigarroa
  • Paddy Moloney
  • Mel Martínez
  • David J. Schmidly
  • Richard A. Tapia
  • Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa
  • Edward James Olmos

Notable deaths

January to June

July to December

See also

Notes

References

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