The Modern Megacity · event 9 of 13

1997

The city elects its own mayor. Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas becomes the first elected head of government of the Federal District, ending direct presidential appointment.

The The Modern Megacity era

  1. 1929
  2. 1934
  3. 1940
  4. 1952
  5. 1956
  6. 2 October 1968
  7. 1978
  8. 19 September 1985
  9. 1997
  10. 2000
  11. 2016
  12. 19 September 2017
  13. 2024

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