title: 2001 in Mexico
text: # 2001 in Mexico
  
  Events in the year 2001 in Mexico.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  ### Federal government
  
  * President: Vicente Fox PAN
  * 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
  
  * 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
  
  * 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.
  