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Events in the year 1998 in Mexico.

## Incumbents

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### Federal government

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* President: Ernesto Zedillo
* Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Emilio Chuayffet (until 3 January); Francisco Labastida (from 21 May)
* Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): María del Rosario Green Macías
* Communications Secretary (SCT): Carlos Ruiz Sacristán
* Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Enrique Cervantes Aguirre
* Secretary of Navy: José Ramón Lorenzo Franco
* Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): José Antonio González Fernández
* Secretary of Welfare: Carlos Rojas Gutiérrez/Esteban Moctezuma
* Secretary of Public Education: Miguel Limón Rojas
* Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Óscar Espinosa Villarreal
* Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Julia Carabias Lillo
* Secretary of Health (SALUD): Juan Ramón de la Fuente

### Supreme Court

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See also: National Supreme Court of Justice

* President of the Supreme Court: José Vicente Aguinaco Alemán

### Governors

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* Aguascalientes
* Otto Granados Roldán, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until November 30
* Felipe González González, PAN, starting December 1
* Baja California:
* Héctor Terán Terán, (National Action Party (PAN)), died in office, October 4.[1]
* Alejandro González Alcocer, Substitute, PAN
* Baja California Sur: Leonel Cota Montaño (PRD)/Guillermo Mercado Romero (PRI)
* Campeche: José Antonio González Curi
* Chiapas: Julio Cesar Ruiz Ferro/Roberto Albores Guillén (PRI)
* Chihuahua: Francisco Barrio/Patricio Martínez García (PRI)
* Coahuila: Rogelio Montemayor Seguy (PRI)
* Colima: Fernando Moreno Peña (PRI)
* Durango: Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier (PRI)
* Guanajuato: Vicente Fox (PAN)
* Guerrero: Angel Aguirre Rivero (PAN)
* Hidalgo: Jesús Murillo Karam/Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez (PAN)
* Jalisco: Humberto Lugo Gil/Manuel Angel Nunez Soto (PAN)
* State of Mexico: César Camacho Quiroz/Arturo Montiel Rojas (PRI)
* Michoacán: Víctor Manuel Tinoco
* Morelos: Antonio Riva Palacio López/Jorge Morales Barud (Substitute—PRI).[2]
* Nayarit: Rigoberto Ochoa Zaragoza
* Nuevo León: Fernando Canales (PRI)
* Oaxaca: Heladio Ramírez López (PRI)
* Puebla: Melquiades Morales Flores/Manuel Bartlett Díaz (PRI)
* Querétaro: Ignacio Loyola Vera (PRI)
* Quintana Roo: Mario Villanueva Madrid/Joaquín Hendricks Díaz (PRI)
* San Luis Potosí: Manuel Bartlett Díaz/Fernando Silva Nieto (PRI)
* Sinaloa: Renato Vega Alvarado/Juan S. Millán (PRI)
* Sonora: Armando López Nogales (PRI)
* Tabasco: Roberto Madrazo Pintado (PRI)
* Tamaulipas: Manuel Cavazos Lerma
* Tlaxcala: José Antonio Álvarez Lima (PRI)
* Veracruz: Patricio Chirinos Calero/Miguel Alemán Velasco (PRI)
* Yucatán: Víctor Cervera Pacheco (PRI)
* Zacatecas: Ricardo Monreal Ávila (PRI)
* Head of Government of the Federal District
* Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), (until September 29)[3]
* Rosario Robles (PRD) (starting September 29)

## Events

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* El diario de Daniela begins airing on television.
* March 18: The TV channel Canal del Congreso is launched.
* April 21: the Pinacoteca Diego Rivera is inaugurated.
* August 30: 1998 Mexican Fobaproa funds referendum
* September 14: Camila (telenovela) begins.
* September 19: Nuestra Belleza México 1998

## Awards

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* Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – José Angel Conchello Dávila (post mortem)[4]
* Ohtli Award
* Burton E. Grossman
* Dolores Huerta
* Pete Rodriguez
* Guadalupe Reyes

## Hurricanes

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* August 21–24: Tropical Storm Charley (1998)
* September 1–3: Hurricane Isis (1998)
* October 15–26: Hurricane Lester (1998)
* October 16–20: Hurricane Madeline (1998)
* October 22 – November 9: Hurricane Mitch

## Sport

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* 1997–98 Mexican Primera División season.
* Guerreros de Oaxaca win the Mexican League.
* March 20: Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth (1998)
* July 18: Ruleta de la Muerte (1998)
* December 13: Guerra de Titanes (1998)

## Births

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* April 3 \- Humberto Castellanos, baseball player
* November 10 – Karen Villanueva, rhythmic gymnast[5]

## Deaths

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* September 5 – Fernando Balzaretti, actor (b. 1946)
* December 13 – Ariadna Welter, actress (b. 1930)

## References

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1. ^ "Baja California: La sucesión anticipada". www.nexos.com.mx (in Spanish). 1 Nov 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
2. ^ Frikas, Javier Jaramillo (Nov 12, 2012). "El doctor Morales Barud". La Unión (in European Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
3. ^ "Biografia de Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas". www.biografiasyvidas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
4. ^ "DIARIO DE LOS DEBATES" (PDF) (in Spanish). Senado de la Republica. 8 Oct 1998. p. 5. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
5. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics | Athlete Profile: VILLANUEVA Karen - Pan American Games Lima 2019". wrsd.lima2019.pe. Retrieved 28 June 2020.

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