The following lists events that happened during 2000 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Federal government
President
President
Ernesto Zedillo PRI, until November 30
Vicente Fox, PAN, starting December 1 Fox was the first president not affiliated with PRI since 1929.
Cabinet
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: Genaro David Góngora Pimentel
Governors
Events
The National Autonomous University of Mexico, which is closed since April 1999, becomes the scene of a mass rally to protest against rising tuition fees and to require student participation in the restructuring of Latin America's main university.
February 23: Musician Carlos Santana receives 8 Grammy Awards, achieving the same record that Michael Jackson, established in 1983.
April 15: Pope John Paul II names Eduardo Patino and Hipolito Reyes Larios as bishops of the newly created dioceses of Córdoba and Orizaba in the state of Veracruz.
July 2: 2000 Mexican general election.
December: Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from the area near Popocateptl by the government, based on the warnings of scientists. The volcano then made its largest display in 1,200 years.
Awards
Popular culture
Notable births
Notable deaths
May 9 — Carmen Romano de Lopez, First Lady of Mexico (1976-1982) (b. 1926)
September 9 – Carlos Castillo Peraza. Politician and journalist.
September 17 – Alejandro Cervantes Delgado, politician and economist, governor of Guerrero 1981-1987; heart attack (b. 1926)
December 31 – Alfonso Corona del Rosal, politician (PRI), Regent of the Federal District; bronchitis and pneumonia
References
Bibliography
Betancourt Cid, Carlos (2012). Martínez Ocampo, Lourdes (ed.). México contemporáneo. Cronología (1968-2000)(PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Instituto Nacional de Estudios Históricos de las Revoluciones de México. ISBN 978-607-7916-73-4. Retrieved 21 January 2017.