Andrés Manuel López Obrador
President of Mexico from 2018 to 2024
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| 2024 | A video on López Obrador's official YouTube channel, where he revealed the phone number of a New York Times reporter, was taken down, leading him to accuse the platform of censorship and conservative bias. |
| September 2024 | López Obrador left office and was succeeded by Claudia Sheinbaum, marking the end of his presidency and his retirement from both electoral politics and public life. |
| September 30 2024 | Concluded his presidential term as the leader of Mexico, representing the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA). |
| May 2024 | Mexico achieved the lowest unemployment rate in the OECD. |
| February 2024 | Proposed a constitutional amendment aimed at ensuring the minimum wage consistently rises above the rate of inflation. |
| February 2024 | Proposed eliminating autonomous government agencies, arguing they duplicated cabinet ministry functions, with plans to absorb their responsibilities into the Mexican cabinet to save money and streamline operations. |
| January 22 2024 | The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Mexican Government regarding its lawsuit against U.S. firearms producers, which was originally filed in August 2021. |
| 2023 | Mexico recovered from the pandemic, ranking as the 12th largest global economy with GDP growth of 3.2%. |
| 2023 | President López Obrador announced openness to a peace agreement with drug cartels, following an activist's open letter calling for an end to forced disappearances. |
| 2023 | Rocío Nahle resigned as Secretary of Energy to run for the governorship of Veracruz. |
| 2023 | Significant investments in southern Mexico, including Tren Maya, Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and Dos Bocas Refinery stimulated regional economies. |
| 2023 | Adán Augusto López (Secretary of the Interior) and Marcelo Ebrard (Secretary of Foreign Affairs) resigned to compete for the presidential nomination of the Morena-PT-PVEM coalition. |
| 2023 | Between 2018 and 2023, López Obrador's government continued to cut funding for environmental protection, with the environment department receiving 35% less funding than under the previous administration, including a proposed cut of US$510 million (9 billion pesos) or 11% for 2024. |
| 2023 | Mexico plans to have seven oil refineries operational, including the new Dos Bocas refinery, reflecting López Obrador's commitment to energy self-sufficiency. |
| 2023 | López Obrador's federal budget for 2023 prioritized funding for social programs, including increases in pensions for older adults. |
| November 7 2023 | Andrés Manuel López Obrador called for a ceasefire in the Israel–Hamas war. |
| May 2023 | López Obrador's administration passed a comprehensive mining reform law in the Senate with 66 unanimous votes, significantly reducing mining extraction permit validity from 50 to 30 years and mandating community consultations and environmental restoration plans. |
| May 2023 | The New York Times published a story revealing espionage of Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez, state secretary for human rights, using Pegasus spy software. López Obrador denied involvement by the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) and claimed ignorance about the perpetrators of the espionage. |
| April 20 2023 | Sold the presidential plane 'José María Morelos y Pavón' to Tajikistan for approximately MXN $1.658 billion, with proceeds funding hospitals in Tlapa, Guerrero, and Tuxtepec, Oaxaca. |
| March 2023 | López Obrador publicly defended Donald Trump against potential indictment and criticized the United States, calling the country 'anti-democratic' regarding Julian Assange and the election process. |
| March 2023 | López Obrador stated that 70% of homicides in Mexico were committed using weapons from the U.S., criticizing U.S. government policies regarding arms trafficking. |
| March 2023 | Andrés Manuel López Obrador was sharply critical of U.S. Republican lawmakers, particularly Dan Crenshaw and Marjorie Taylor Greene, for their proposed bills that would authorize U.S. military action in Mexico against drug cartels. He emphasized Mexico's sovereignty, stating that it is an independent and free country. |
| February 2023 | President López Obrador signed a decree nationalizing Mexico's lithium reserves, declaring the strategic resource as national property and outlining plans to cooperate with Bolivia and Peru in lithium technology development. |
| February 2023 | López Obrador's government passed a controversial law reforming the National Electoral Institute (INE), which included significant budget cuts and personnel reductions, forcing the dismissal of approximately one-third of INE employees while saving the state around 3.5 billion Mexican pesos. |
| January 5 2023 | A military operation successfully captured Ovidio Guzmán again, resulting in a fierce confrontation between the military and the Sinaloa Cartel in Culiacán, resulting in numerous deaths and arrests. |
| 2022 | Country's GDP grew by 3.1% during the post-pandemic period. |
| 2022 | Andrés Manuel López Obrador received the World No Tobacco Day Award from the World Health Organization. |
| 2022 | López Obrador referenced allegations that the U.S. government was responsible for the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage. |
| 2022 | López Obrador held a referendum on his presidency, winning with more than 90% of the votes, but the turnout rate was only around 18%, below the 40% threshold needed for the poll to be legally binding. |
| 2022 | The 'Felipe Ángeles International Airport' officially opened, serving as a replacement for the canceled Texcoco airport project. |
| June 2022 | Inflation peaked mid-year, challenging the economic landscape. |
| May 8 2022 | López Obrador was honored with the Medal of the Order of José Martí by Cuba. |
| May 6 2022 | He received the Grand Cross of the Order of José Cecilio del Valle from Honduras. |
| May 5 2022 | Andrés Manuel López Obrador was awarded the Great Collar of the Order of the Quetzal by Guatemala. |
| April 2022 | Mexican Congress passed a law prohibiting private companies from obtaining licences for lithium extraction, signaling a significant shift in national resource management policy. |
| January 6 2022 | López Obrador announced plans to continue a decline in intentional homicides, reporting a decrease of 7.1% from 2021. |
| January 3 2022 | López Obrador acknowledged the existing statue of himself while maintaining his previous position against personal monuments. |
| January 1 2022 | The statue of Andrés Manuel López Obrador is toppled and destroyed during the early morning of the municipal administration change by unidentified individuals. Roberto Téllez Monroy subsequently files a complaint for vandalism. |
| 2021 | Country's GDP grew by 4.1% as part of post-pandemic economic recovery. |
| 2021 | Olga Sánchez Cordero resigned as Secretary of the Interior to return to her Senate seat. |
| 2021 | López Obrador announced plans to ensure the return of face-to-face classes in August, emphasizing the need to counteract children's addiction to video games. |
| 2021 | A report from the Washington Office on Latin America concluded that López Obrador's National Anti-Corruption System was essentially crippled by the lack of independence and real autonomy. |
| 2021 | Major historical commemorations took place, including the founding of Tenochtitlan, the 1521 fall of Tenochtitlan, and the 1821 consummation of Mexican independence. López Obrador apologized in the name of Mexico to indigenous peoples and Mexicans of Chinese descent for historical abuses during these events. |
| 2021 | Andrés Manuel López Obrador invited King Felipe VI of Spain and Pope Francis to Mexico for historical commemorations, asking them to apologize for the conquest of America. The Pope declined the invitation, citing his previous apology in 2015. |
| December 31 2021 | Roberto Téllez Monroy completes his term as mayor of Atlacomulco, marking the end of his administration and the first non-PRI politician to govern the municipality. |
| December 29 2021 | A limestone sculpture of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is installed at the intersection of Isidro Fabela Avenue and Circuito José Jiménez Cantú in Atlacomulco, State of Mexico, by outgoing municipal president Roberto Téllez Monroy of the MORENA political party. |
| November 18 2021 | López Obrador attended the first North American Leaders' Summit (NALS) since 2016, hosted by President Joe Biden at the White House, alongside Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. |
| October 20 2021 | Renamed the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT) to the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications, and Transportation (SICT). |
| August 2021 | The Mexican Government filed a lawsuit against U.S. firearms producers, claiming their negligence facilitated arms trafficking to drug cartels. |
| June 2021 | In the June 2021 midterm elections, López Obrador's Juntos Hacemos Historia coalition lost seats in the lower house of Congress but managed to maintain a simple majority. |
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