This is a list of events that happened in 2012 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.
Incumbents
Federal government
President
President
Felipe Calderon , until November 30
Enrique Peña Nieto , starting December 1
Cabinet
Interior Secretary (SEGOB) Alejandro Poiré Romero, until November 30 Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, starting December 1 Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE) Patricia Espinosa, until November 30 José Antonio Meade, starting December 1 Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (SEGARPA) Francisco Javier Mayorga Castañeda, until November 30 Enrique Martínez y Martínez, starting December 1 Secretary of Agricultural, Territorial and Urban Development (SEDATU) Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín(starting December 1) Communications Secretary (SCT) Dionisio Pérez-Jácome Friscione, until November 30 Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, starting December 1 Education Secretary (SEP) Alonso Lujambio, until March 16 José Ángel Córdova, March 16-November 30 Emilio Chuayffet Chemor, starting December 1 Secretary of Defense (SEDENA) Guillermo Galván Galván, until November 30 Salvador Cienfuegos Cepeda, starting December 1 Secretary of Navy (SEMAR) Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza, until November 30 Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz, starting December 1 Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS) Rosalinda Vélez Juárez, until November 30 Alfonso Navarrete Prida (starting December 1) Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL) Heriberto Félix Guerra, until November 30 Rosario Robles, starting December 1 Tourism Secretary (SECTUR) Gloria Guevara, until November 30 Claudia Ruiz Massieu, starting December 1 Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT) Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, until November 30 Juan José Guerra Abud, starting December 1 Secretary of Health (SALUD) Salomón Chertorivski Woldenberg, November 30 Mercedes Juan López, starting December 1 Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) José Antonio Meade, until November 30 Luis Videgaray Caso, starting December 1 Secretary of Economy (SE) Bruno Ferrari García de Alba, until November 30 Idelfonso Guajardo, starting December 1 Secretary of Energy (SENER) Jordy Herrera Flores, until November 30 Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, starting December 1 Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) Francisco Rojas Gutiérrez, starting December 1 Pemex Emilio Lozoya, starting December 1 Attorney General (PRG) Marisela Morales, until December 4) Jesús Murillo Karam, starting December 4 Chief of Staff: Aurelio Nuño Mayer, starting December 4 Coordinación de Comunicación Social de Presidencia (Coordination of Social Communication of the Presidency): David López Gutiérrez (starting December 1) Estado Mayor Presidencial (Presidential Security Staff): Rodolfo Miranda Moreno, (starting December 1)
Governors
Aguascalientes: Carlos Lozano de la Torre
Baja California: José Guadalupe Osuna Millán
Baja California Sur: Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor, Campeche: Fernando Ortega Bernés Chiapas Juan Sabines Guerrero, Coalition for the Good of All, until December 7 Manuel Velasco Coello , starting December 8 Chihuahua: César Duarte Jáquez Coahuila: Rubén Moreira Valdez Colima: Mario Anguiano Moreno Durango: Jorge Herrera Caldera Guanajuato: Miguel Márquez Márquez Guerrero: Ángel Aguirre Rivero Hidalgo: Francisco Olvera Ruiz Jalisco: Emilio González Márquez State of Mexico: Eruviel Ávila Villegas Michoacán: Fausto Vallejo Morelos Marco Antonio Adame , until October 1. Graco Ramírez , starting October 1. Nayarit: Roberto Sandoval Castañeda Nuevo León: Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz Oaxaca: Gabino Cué Monteagudo Puebla: Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas Querétaro: José Eduardo Calzada Rovirosa Quintana Roo: Roberto Borge Angulo San Luis Potosí: Fernando Toranzo Fernández Sinaloa: Mario López Valdez Sonora: Guillermo Padrés Elías Tabasco: Andrés Granier Melo , until December 31, 2012 Tamaulipas: Egidio Torre Cantú Tlaxcala: Mariano González Zarur Veracruz: Javier Duarte de Ochoa Yucatán Ivonne Ortega Pacheco , until September 30 Rolando Zapata Bello , starting October 1 Zacatecas: Miguel Alonso Reyes Head of Government of the Federal District Marcelo Ebrard , until December 4 Miguel Ángel Mancera , starting December 5