The Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (''Secretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes'', SICT) of

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

is the national federal entity that regulates commercial road traffic and broadcasting. Its headquarters are in the Torre Libertad on Reforma in Mexico City but some aspects of the department still function at the old headquarters located at the intersection of

Eje Central The Eje Central or Avenida Lázaro Cárdenas is an avenue in the Cuauhtémoc and Gustavo A. Madero boroughs of Mexico City, Mexico. It is part of a system called eje vial of roadways built by Carlos Hank González to modernize Mexico City for imp ...

and Eje 4 Sur (Xola). The building is decorated with murals created by arranging small colored stones on the building's outer walls.

Historical nomenclature

The forerunner of the modern-day SCT was created in 1891 under

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Porfirio Díaz José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori ( or ; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915), known as Porfirio Díaz, was a Mexican general and politician who served seven terms as President of Mexico, a total of 31 years, from 28 November 1876 to 6 Decem ...

and was known as the Secretariat of Communications ''(Secretaría de Comunicaciones)''; its first incumbent as secretary was Manuel González Cosío. In 1920 it was renamed to the Secretariat of Communications and Public Works ''(Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas;'' "SCOP"). In 1959, it changed names to ''Secretariat of Communications and Transportation'', and finally, in 2019, it added ''Infrastructure'' to its name, to encompass and highlight one of its sub-organs, the ''Subsecretaría de Infraestructura''..

Secretaries of Communications and Transport

The SCT is headed by the Secretary of Communications and Transport, a member of the federal executive cabinet. Under the 1917 Constitution, this position has been held by the following individuals: *Under President

Venustiano Carranza José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza (; 29 December 1859 – 21 May 1920) was a Mexican wealthy land owner and politician who was Governor of Coahuila when the constitutionally elected president Francisco I. Madero was overthrown in a February ...

(1917–1920) ** 1917–1920: Manuel Rodríguez Gutiérrez *Under President

Adolfo de la Huerta Felipe Adolfo de la Huerta Marcor (; 26 May 1881 – 9 July 1955) was a Mexican politician, the 45th President of Mexico from 1 June to 30 November 1920, following the overthrow of Mexican president Venustiano Carranza, with Sonoran generals ...

(1920) ** 1920:

Pascual Ortiz Rubio Pascual Ortiz Rubio (; 10 March 1877 – 4 November 1963) was a first Mexican President of Mexico from 1930 to 1932. He was one of three Mexican presidents to serve out the six-year term (1928–1934) of assassinated president-elect Álvaro ...

*Under President

Álvaro Obregón Álvaro Obregón Salido (; 17 February 1880 – 17 July 1928) better known as Álvaro Obregón was a Sonoran-born general in the Mexican Revolution. A pragmatic centrist, natural soldier, and able politician, he became the 46th President of Me ...

(1920–1924) ** 1920–1921:

** 1921–1924: Amado Aguirre *Under President

Plutarco Elías Calles Plutarco Elías Calles (25 September 1877 – 19 October 1945) was a general in the Mexican Revolution and a Sonoran politician, serving as President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928. The 1924 Calles presidential campaign was the first populist ...

(1924–1928) ** 1924–1925: Adalberto Tejeda ** 1925–1926: Eduardo Ortiz ** 1926–1928: Ramón Ross *Under President

Emilio Portes Gil Emilio Cándido Portes Gil (; 3 October 1890 – 10 December 1978) was President of Mexico from 1928 to 1930, one of three to serve out the six-year term of President-elect General Álvaro Obregón, who had been assassinated in 1928. Since th ...

(1928–1930) ** 1928–1930: Javier Sánchez Mejorada *Under President

(1930–1932) ** 1930–1931: Juan Andrew Almazán ** 1931–1932: Gustavo P. Serrano ** 1932: Miguel M. Acosta Guajardo *Under President

Abelardo L. Rodríguez Abelardo Rodríguez Luján, commonly known as Abelardo L. Rodríguez (; 12 May 1889 – 13 February 1967) was the Substitute President of Mexico from 1932 to 1934. He completed the term of President Pascual Ortiz Rubio after his resignation, ...

(1932–1934) ** 1932–1934: Miguel M. Acosta Guajardo *Under President

Lázaro Cárdenas del Río Lázaro is a Spanish or Portuguese-based given name or surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Lázaro (footballer, born 1990), full name Lázaro Vinícius Alves Martins, Brazilian footballer * Lázaro (footballer, born 2002), f ...

(1934–1940) ** 1934–1935: Rodolfo Elías Calles ** 1935–1939: Francisco J. Múgica ** 1939–1940: Melquiades Angulo *Under President

Manuel Ávila Camacho Manuel Ávila Camacho (; 24 April 1897 – 13 October 1955) was a Mexican politician and military leader who served as the President of Mexico from 1940 to 1946. Despite participating in the Mexican Revolution and achieving a high rank, he cam ...

(1940–1946) ** 1940–1941: Jesús de la Garza ** 1941–1945:

Maximino Ávila Camacho Maximino Ávila Camacho (1891 in Teziutlán, Puebla – 1945 in Mexico City) was a Constitutionalist Army officer in the Mexican Revolution and afterwards politician who served as governor of Puebla from 1937 to 1941 and as secretary of P ...

** 1945–1946: Pedro Martínez Tornel *Under President Miguel Alemán (1946–1952) ** 1946–1952: Agustín García López *Under President

Adolfo Ruiz Cortines Adolfo Tomás Ruiz Cortines (; 30 December 1889 – 3 December 1973) was a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958, after winning the disputed 1952 elections as the candidate of the ruling Institutional Revolut ...

(1952–1958) ** 1952–1955: Carlos Lazo ** 1955–1958: Walter Cross Buchanan *Under President

Adolfo López Mateos Adolfo López Mateos (; 26 May 1909 – 22 September 1969) was a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964. Beginning his political career as a campaign aide of José Vasconcelos during his run for president, Ló ...

(1958–1964) ** 1958–1964: Walter Cross Buchanan *Under President

Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Bolaños (; 12 March 1911 – 15 July 1979) was a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as the President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970. Díaz Ordaz was born in San Andrés ...

(1964–1970) ** 1964–1970: José Antonio Padilla Segura *Under President

Luis Echeverría Álvarez Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archai ...

(1970–1976) ** 1970–1976:

Eugenio Méndez Docurro Eugenio Méndez Docurro (April 17, 1923 – August 23, 2015) was a Mexican engineer and politician. He served as the Secretary of Communications and Transportation from 1970 to 1976 during the administration of former President Luis Echeverría. ...

*Under President

José López Portillo José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco (; 16 June 1920 – 17 February 2004) was a Mexican writer, lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 58th president of Mexico from 1976 t ...

(1976–1982) ** 1976–1982: Emilio Mújica Montoya * Under President

Miguel de la Madrid Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado (; 12 December 1934 – 1 April 2012) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 59th president of Mexico from 1982 to 1988. Inheriting a severe economic an ...

(1982–1988) ** 1982–1984: Rodolfo Félix Valdés ** 1984–1988: Daniel Díaz Díaz * Under President

Carlos Salinas de Gortari Carlos Salinas de Gortari CYC DMN (; born 3 April 1948) is a Mexican economist and politician who served as 60th president of Mexico from 1988 to 1994. Affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), earlier in his career he wor ...

(1988–1994) ** 1988–1992: Andrés Caso Lombardo ** 1992–1994: Emilio Gamboa Patrón * Under President

Ernesto Zedillo Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (; born 27 December 1951) is a Mexican economist and politician. He was 61st president of Mexico from 1 December 1994 to 30 November 2000, as the last of the uninterrupted 71-year line of Mexican presidents from t ...

(1994–2000) ** 1994:

Guillermo Ortiz Martínez Guillermo Ortiz Martínez (born July 21, 1948, in Mexico City) is the son of Gen. Leopoldo Ortiz Sevilla and Graciela Martínez Ostos. He received a B.A. in economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in ec ...

** 1994–2000: Carlos Ruiz Sacristán * Under President

Vicente Fox Vicente Fox Quesada (; born 2 July 1942) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006. After campaigning as a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist, Fox was elec ...

(2000–2006) ** 2000–2006: Pedro Cerisola y Weber * Under President

Felipe Calderón Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (; born 18 August 1962) is a Mexican politician who served as the 63rd president of Mexico from 1 December 2006 to 30 November 2012 and Secretary of Energy during the presidency of Vicente Fox between 2003 a ...

(2006–2012) ** 2006–2009:

Luis Téllez Luis Manuel Enrique Téllez Kuenzler (born October 13, 1958) is a Mexican economist. He is a former Secretary of Energy in the cabinet of Ernesto Zedillo and served as Secretary of Communications and Transportation in the cabinet of President Fel ...

** 2009–2011:

Juan Molinar Horcasitas Juan Francisco Molinar Horcasitas (18 December 1955 – 20 May 2015) was a Mexican politician and academic. A member of the National Action Party (''Partido Acción Nacional, PAN''), he served as a federal deputy and, between 2 December 2006 ...

** 2011–2012: Dionisio Pérez-Jácome Friscione * Under President

Enrique Peña Nieto Enrique Peña Nieto (; born 20 July 1966), commonly referred to by his initials EPN, is a Mexican politician who served as the 64th president of Mexico from 1 December 2012 to 30 November 2018. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party ...

(2012–2018) ** 2012–2018:

Gerardo Ruiz Esparza Gerardo Ruiz Esparza (, April 22, 1949 – April 1, 2020), was a Mexican attorney and politician who served as the Secretary of Communications and Transportation in the cabinet of Enrique Peña Nieto. Early life Born in Mexico City, Ruiz Espar ...

* Under President

Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mexico ...

(2018–present) ** 2018–2020:

Javier Jiménez Espriú Javier Jiménez Espriú (born 31 July 1937) is a Mexican academic and former Secretary of Communications and Transportation of Mexico. He is the former head of the engineering school at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He was Und ...

** 2020–present:

Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal (born 20 April 1943) is a civil engineer and current Secretary of Communications and Transportation of Mexico. In October 2021, he was named in the Pandora Papers leak. Career He studied Civil Engineering at the Fa ...

Agencies of the SCT

The Direction General of Civil Aeronautics is the agency under the SCT that regulates aviation.GUIDELINES FOR ENTRANCE TO MEXICO OF FOREIGN AIRCRAFT PERFORMING NON-COMMERCIAL PRIVATE AIR TRANSPORT.
" Secretariat of Communications and Transportation. August 11, 2003. Retrieved on January 26, 2011. The Rail Transportation Regulatory Agency (ARTF) is the agency under the SCT that regulates railroads."

References

External links

Ministry of Communications and Transportation

Ministry of Communications and Transportation

Mobile

Ministry of Communications and Transportation
(Archive) {{Authority control Cabinet of Mexico

Transportation organizations based in Mexico

Infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and priv ...

Historical nomenclature

Secretaries of Communications and Transport

Agencies of the SCT

See also

References

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