1997 in Mexico

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Ernesto Zedillo
• Interior Secretary :
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs :
• Communications Secretary :
• Education Secretary :
• Secretary of Defense :
• Secretary of Navy:
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare:
• Secretary of Welfare:
• Secretary of Public Education:
• Tourism Secretary :
• Secretary of the Environment :
• Secretary of Health :

  Supreme Court

• President of the Supreme Court:

  Governors

• Aguascalientes:
• Baja California:
• Baja California Sur:
• Campeche:
• Chiapas:
• Chihuahua:
• Coahuila:
• Colima:
• Durango:
• Guanajuato:
• Guerrero:
• Hidalgo:
• Jalisco:
• State of Mexico:
• Michoacán:
• Morelos:
• Nayarit:
• Nuevo León:
• Oaxaca:
• Puebla:
• Querétaro:
• Quintana Roo:
• San Luis Potosí:
• Sinaloa:
• Sonora:
• Tabasco:
• Tamaulipas:
• Tlaxcala:
• Veracruz:
• Yucatán:
• Zacatecas:

  Events

• Convergence was founded as a "national political grouping".
• March 13: Phoenix Lights in Sonora.
• June 6: 1997 Mexican legislative election
• September: Nuestra Belleza México 1997
• December 22: Acteal Massacre

  Hurricanes

• June 1–7: Tropical Storm Andres
• September 16–26: Hurricane Nora
• September 26 – October 12: Tropical Storm Olaf
• October 5–10: Hurricane Pauline

  Sport

• 1996–97 Mexican Primera División season
• 1996–97 Copa Mexico
• Petroleros de Poza Rica win the Mexican League.
• Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth
• Atlético Mexiquense and Chivas Tijuana are founded.
• The Chupacabras race is held for the first time.