This is a list of events that happened in 2009 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Felipe Calderón
Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Fernando Gómez Mont
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Patricia Espinosa
Communications Secretary (SCT) Luis Téllez, until March 3 Juan Molinar Horcasitas, starting March 3 Education Secretary (SEP) Josefina Vázquez Mota, until April 4 Alonso Lujambio, starting April 6 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 Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL) Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, until December 9 Heriberto Félix Guerra, starting December 9 Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Rodolfo Elizondo Torres Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT): Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada Secretary of Health (SALUD): José Ángel Córdova Secretary of Public Security (SSP): Genaro García Luna Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) Agustín Carstens, until December 9 Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, starting December 9 Secretariat of Energy (Mexico) (SENER): Georgina Yamilet Kessel Martínez, starting December 1 Secretary of Agriculture (SAGARPA) Alberto Cárdenas, until September 7 Francisco Javier Mayorga Castañeda, starting September 7 Secretary of Public Function (FUNCIÓN PÚBLICA): Salvador Vega Casillas Secretary of Agrarian Reform (SRA): Germán Martínez Secretary of Economy (SE): Gerardo Ruiz Mateos Attorney General of Mexico (PRG) Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, until September 7 Arturo Chávez Chávez, starting September 24
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia
Governors
Aguascalientes: Luis Armando Reynoso, (National Action Party, PAN) Baja California: José Guadalupe Osuna Millán, (PAN) Baja California Sur: Narciso Agúndez Montaño (Party of the Democratic Revolution, PRD) Campeche Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until September 15. Fernando Ortega Bernés, (PRI), starting September 16 Chiapas: Juan Sabines Guerrero, (Coalition for the Good of All) Chihuahua: José Reyes Baeza Terrazas (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI) Coahuila: Humberto Moreira Valdés, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI) Colima: Silverio Cavazos, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until 1 November Mario Anguiano Moreno, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI) from 1 November Durango: Ismael Hernández, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI) Guanajuato: Juan Manuel Oliva, (National Action Party, PAN) Guerrero: René Juárez Cisneros, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI) Hidalgo: Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI) Jalisco: Emilio González Márquez, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI) State of Mexico: Enrique Pena Nieto, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI) Michoacán: Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, (Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) (until 15 February); Leonel Godoy Rangel (Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) (from 15 February) Morelos: Marco Antonio Adame (PAN). Nayarit: Ney González Sánchez Nuevo León: José Natividad González Parás, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until 3 October Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), from 3 October Oaxaca: Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI) Puebla: Mario Marín Torres, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI) Querétaro: Francisco Garrido Patrón (National Action Party, PAN) Quintana Roo: Félix González Canto, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI) San Luis Potosí: Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Fraga, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until 25 September Fernando Toranzo Fernández, Fernando Toranzo Fernández, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), from 25 September Sinaloa: Jesús Aguilar Padilla, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI) Sonora: Eduardo Bours, (Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI), until 12 September Guillermo Padrés Elías, (National Action Party, PAN), from 12 September Tabasco: Andrés Rafael Granier Melo, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI) Tamaulipas: Eugenio Hernández Flores, (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI) Tlaxcala: Héctor Ortiz Ortiz (National Action Party, PAN) Veracruz: Fidel Herrera Beltrán (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI) Yucatán: Ivonne Ortega Pacheco (Institutional Revolutionary Party PRI) Zacatecas: Amalia García (Party of the Democratic Revolution PRD) Head of Government of the Federal District: Marcelo Ebrard (PRD)