2003 in Mexico
Incumbents
    
    Federal government
    
- 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[1]
 
 - 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 - 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 
 - Fernando Moreno Peña 
 - 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.[2] - 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 
 - Ignacio Loyola Vera 
 - 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 
 - Armando López Nogales 
 - 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.
 - 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
    	
    
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.
 
Births
    
- January 16 – Adriana Hernández, rhythmic gymnast[4]
 - May 8 – Joaquín Bondoni, singer, songwriter and actor
 - September 18 – Ana Galindo, rhythmic gymnast[5]
 
Deaths
    
- February 11: Socorro Avelar, actress (b. 1925)
 - June 10: Alfredo Guati Rojo watercolor artist (b. December 1, 1918)[6]
 - November 1: Humberto Briseño Sierra, Mexican lawyer (b. 1914)
 - November 6: Eduardo Palomo, actor (Corazón salvaje (1993 TV series)) (b. 1962)
 
References
    
- "El Universal - - Perfil: Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez". archivo.eluniversal.com.mx (in Spanish). 24 Nov 2006. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
 - Cinta, Guillermo (Nov 19, 2018). "LA HISTORIA DEL NARCO EN MORELOS". La Crónica de Morelos | Noticias | Guillermo Cinta (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
 - "DICTAMEN POR EL QUE SE POSTULA AL C. MAESTRO LUIS GONZÁLEZ Y GONZÁLEZ COMO CANDIDATO A RECIBIR LA MEDALLA DE HONOR BELISARIO DOMÍNGUEZ DEL SENADO DE LA REPUBLICA, CORRESPONDIENTE AL AÑO 2003" (PDF) (in Spanish). Senado de la Republica. 2 Sep 2003. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
 - "Rhythmic Gymnastics | Athlete Profile: HERNANDEZ Adriana - Pan American Games Lima 2019". wrsd.lima2019.pe. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
 - "Rhythmic Gymnastics | Athlete Profile: GALINDO Ana - Pan American Games Lima 2019". wrsd.lima2019.pe. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
 - "Alfredo Guati Rojo". Museo Nacional de la Aquarela (in Spanish). Retrieved June 1, 2019.
 
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