2003 in Mexico

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See also:	Other events of 2003 List of years in Mexico

Events in the year 2003 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Vicente Fox
• Interior Secretary (SEGOB):
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE):
• Communications Secretary (SCT):
• Education Secretary (SEP):
• Secretary of Defense (SEDENA):
• Secretary of Navy:
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare:
• Secretary of Welfare:
• Secretary of Public Education:
• Tourism Secretary (SECTUR):
• Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT):
• Secretary of Health (SALUD):

Supreme Court

• President of the Supreme Court:

Governors

• Aguascalientes:
• Baja California:
• Baja California Sur:
• Campeche:
• Chiapas:
• Chihuahua:
• Coahuila:
• Colima:
• Durango:
• Guanajuato:
• Guerrero:
• Hidalgo:
• Jalisco:
• State of Mexico:
• Michoacán:
• Morelos:
• Nayarit:
• Nuevo León:
• Oaxaca:
• Puebla:
• Querétaro:
• Quintana Roo:
• San Luis Potosí:
• Sinaloa:
• Sonora:
• Tabasco:
• Tamaulipas:
• Tlaxcala:
• Veracruz:
• Yucatán:
• Zacatecas:

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.
• 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: Optibus 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)

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[1]
• September 18 – Ana Galindo, rhythmic gymnast[2]

Deaths

• February 11: Socorro Avelar, actress (b. 1925)
• June 10: Alfredo Guati Rojo watercolor artist (b. December 1, 1918)[3]
• November 6: Eduardo Palomo, actor (Corazón salvaje (1993 TV series)) (b. 1962)

References

1. "Rhythmic Gymnastics | Athlete Profile: HERNANDEZ Adriana - Pan American Games Lima 2019". wrsd.lima2019.pe. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
2. "Rhythmic Gymnastics | Athlete Profile: GALINDO Ana - Pan American Games Lima 2019". wrsd.lima2019.pe. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
3. "Alfredo Guati Rojo". Museo Nacional de la Aquarela (in Spanish). Retrieved June 1, 2019.