2010 MEXICO POLITICAL AND HOLIDAY CALENDAR
(Boldface red national obligatory holidays • Elections shaded yellow)
Note: 2010 is the Bicentennial of Mexican Independence (Independence Day: September 16),
and the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution (Anniversary: November 20 — holiday scheduled third Monday,
November 15). For links to information on planned events and celebrations, see
MexiData.info Events.
JANUARY
1 New
Year’s Day
FEBRUARY
1
Second Period,
First Year, of the Ordinary Session of the LXI Congress begins
1 Anniversary
of Constitution of 1917
(first Monday)
10 Armed Forces
Day
19 Army Day
24 Flag Day
MARCH
4 81th Anniversary
of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
15 Anniversary
of the Birth of Benito Juárez
(third Monday)
18 Anniversary
of the 1938 Expropriation of the Oil Industry
APRIL
1 Holy Thursday
2 Good Friday
4 Easter Sunday
30 Second Period, First Year,
of the Ordinary Session of the LXI Congress ends
MAY
1 Labor Day
5
Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla
5 21th Anniversary
of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD)
10 Mother’s
Day
14 15th Anniversary
of the Mexico Ecologist Green Party (PVEM)
15 Teacher’s
Day
16 Yucatán – elections for state legislature and 106 municipal presidents
JUNE
1 Navy Day
15 Father’s
Day
JULY
4
Aguascalientes – elections for
governor, state legislature and 11 municipal presidents
4
Baja California – elections state
legislature and five municipal presidents
4
Chiapas – elections state legislature
and 118 municipal presidents
4
Chihuahua – elections for governor,
state legislature and 67 municipal presidents
4
Durango – elections for governor,
state legislature and 39 municipal presidents
4 Hidalgo
– elections for governor and state
legislature*
4
Oaxaca** – elections for governor,
state legislature and (some) municipal presidents (see endnote**)
4
Puebla – elections for governor,
state legislature and 217 municipal presidents
4
Quintana Roo*** – elections for governor, state legislature and nine municipal presidents
4 Sinaloa – elections for governor, state legislature and 18 municipal presidents
4
Tamaulipas – elections for governor,
state legislature and 43 municipal presidents
4
Tlaxcala – elections for governor,
state legislature and 60 municipal presidents
4
Veracruz – elections for governor,
state legislature and 212 municipal presidents
4
Zacatecas – elections for governor,
state legislature and 58 municipal presidents
AUGUST
1 11th Anniversary
of the Convergence Party
18 Birthday of
President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
SEPTEMBER
1
President Felipe Calderón’s State of the Nation Presentation ("Informe")
1
First
Period, Second Year, of the Ordinary Session of the LXI Congress begins
15 Commemoration
of the Cry for Independence (11:00 p.m.)
16 Independence
Day
16 71st Anniversary
of the National Action Party (PAN)
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
1 All Saints' Day
