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The cabinet of Mexico is the Executive Cabinet ( es, Gabinete Legal) and is a part of the executive branch of the Mexican government. It consists of nineteen Secretaries of State and the Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive. In addition to the legal Executive Cabinet there are other Cabinet-level administration offices that report directly to the President of the Republic (''Gabinete Ampliado''). Officials from the legal and extended Cabinet (''Gabinete Legal y Ampliado'') are subordinate to the President.


Constitutional and legal basis

The term "Cabinet" does not appear in the
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, where reference is made only to the Secretaries of State. Article 89 of the Constitution provides that the
President of Mexico The president of Mexico ( es, link=no, Presidente de México), officially the president of the United Mexican States ( es, link=no, Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the head of state and head of government of Mexico. Under the Co ...
can appoint and remove Secretaries of State. The Executive Cabinet does not play a collective legislative or executive role (as do the Cabinets in
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). The main interaction that Cabinet members have with the
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are regular testimonials before Congressional committees to justify their actions, and coordinate executive and legislative policy in their respective fields of jurisdiction.


Secretary selection process

Cabinet members are freely appointed by the President, except for the
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and the
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, whose appointments must be approved by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate respectively. Cabinet Secretaries are often selected from past and current governors, senators, and other political office holders. Private citizens such as businessmen or former military officials are also common Cabinet choices. It is not rare for a Secretary to be moved from one Secretariat to another. For example, former
Secretary of Energy The United States secretary of energy is the head of the United States Department of Energy, a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and fifteenth in the presidential line of succession. The position was created on October 1, 1977, when Pr ...
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had previously served as Secretary of Economy and former
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Josefina Vázquez Mota had previously served as Secretary of Social Development.


Cabinet and Cabinet-level officials


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Secretariat of Foreign Affairs The Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs ( es, Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, ''SRE'', lit: Secretariat of External Relations) is the government department responsible for Mexico's foreign affairs. Mexico currently has 80 embassies, 3 ...
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Marcelo Ebrard Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón (; born 10 October 1959) is a Mexican politician who is serving as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico. Affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) since 2018, he was appointed to lead the f ...

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Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit The Secretariat of the Treasury and Public Credit ( es, Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, SHCP) is the finance ministry of Mexico. The Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the department, and is a member of the federal executive ...
( es, Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público), , Secretary of Finance( es, Secretario de Hacienda), ,
Rogelio Ramírez de la O Rogelio Ramírez de la O is an economist based in Mexico City. He is designated as finance secretary of Mexico, replacing Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez. Director and sole partner of Ecanal S.A., a private company which provides macroeconomic analys ...
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Secretariat of National Defense The Mexican Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA); es, Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional is the government department responsible for managing Mexico's Army and Air Forces. Its head is the Secretary of National Defense who, like the co-equa ...
( es, Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional), , Secretary of Defense( es, Secretario de Defensa), , Luis Cresencio Sandoval
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Secretariat of Navy( es, Secretaría de Marina), , Secretary of Navy( es, Secretario de Marina), , José Rafael Ojeda Durán
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Secretariat of Security and Civilian Protection( es, Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana), , Secretary of Security( es, Secretario de Seguridad), , Rosa Icela Rodríguez (b.1959) , , , October 30, 2020 , - , align="center",
Secretariat of Economy( es, Secretaría de Economia), , Secretary of Economy( es, Secretaria de Economía), ,
Tatiana Clouthier Tatiana Clouthier Carillo (b. August 12, 1964, Culiacan, Sinaloa) is a Mexican educator, politician and writer. From December 8, 2020 to October 6, 2022, she served as the head of the Secretariat of Economy of Mexico appointed by President And ...
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Secretariat of Welfare( es, Secretaría de Bienestar), , Secretary of Welfare( es, Secretaria de Bienestar), , Ariadna Montiel Reyes
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Secretariat of the Civil Service The Mexican Secretariat of the Civil Service (Spanish: ''Secretaría de la Función Pública'', ''SFP'') is the entity of the cabinet of Mexico in charge of coordinating, assessing and monitoring the public exercise of the federal government. It ...
es, Secretaría de la Función Pública, , Secretary of the Civil Service es, Secretaria de la Función Pública, , Irma Sandoval-Ballesteros
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Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation( es, Secretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes), , Secretary of Communications( es, Secretario de Comunicaciones), ,
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 ...
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Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare( es, Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social), , Secretary of Labor( es, Secretaria del Trabajo), , Luisa María Alcalde Luján
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Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources The Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (in Spanish: ''Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, SEMARNAT'') is Mexico's environment ministry. Its head, the Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, is a member ...
( es, Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales), , Secretary of Environment( es, Secretaria de Medio Ambiente), , Maria Luisa Albores
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Secretariat of Energy( es, Secretaría de Energía), , Secretary of Energy( es, Secretaria de Energía), ,
Rocío Nahle García Norma Rocío Nahle García (born 14 April 1964) is a Mexican politician and petrochemical engineer, member of the Movimiento Regeneración Nacional party. She is the current Secretary of Energy in the government of President Andrés Manuel Lópe ...

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Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development The Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development ( es , Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural; SADER) is Mexico's agriculture ministry. The current secretary under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), starting December 1, ...
( es, Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural), , Secretary of Agriculture( es, Secretario de Agricultura), , Víctor Manuel Villalobos Arámbula
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Secretariat of Public Education The Mexican Secretariat of Public Education ( in Spanish ''Secretaría de Educación Pública'', ''SEP'') is a federal government authority with cabinet representation and the responsibility for overseeing the development and implementation of ...
( es, Secretaría de Educación Pública), , Secretary of Education( es, Secretario de Educación), ,
Delfina Gómez Álvarez Delfina Gómez Álvarez (born 15 November 1962) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA). She served as the head of the Secretariat of Public Education appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obra ...
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Secretariat of Health The Secretariat of Health ( Spanish: ''Secretaría de Salud'') is the government department in charge of all social health services in Mexico, and an integral part of the Mexican health system. The Secretary of Health is a member of the Executive ...
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Jorge Alcocer Varela Jorge Alcocer Varela (born 8 February 1946) is a Mexican immunologist, researcher, teacher and healthcare professional. Since 1 December 2018 he has served as the head of Secretariat of Health of Mexico, appointed by President Andrés Manuel L ...

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Secretariat of Tourism( es, Secretaría de Turismo), , Secretary of Tourism( es, Secretaria de Turismo), , Miguel Torruco Marqués
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Secretariat of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development es, Secretaría de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano, , Secretary of Agrarian Development and Urban Planning es, Secretario de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano, , Román Meyer Falcón
(b. 1983), , , December 1, 2018 , - , align="center",
Secretariat of Culture es, Secretaría de Cultura, , Secretary of Culture es, Secretaria de Cultura, , Alejandra Frausto Guerrero, , , , December 1, 2018 , - , align="center",
Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive es, Consejería Jurídica del Ejecutivo Federal, , Legal Advisor es, Consejero Jurídico, , Julio Scherer Ibarra, , , December 1, 2018 , -


Cabinet-level administration offices

Some positions are not part of the legal Executive Cabinet, but have cabinet-level rank therefore their incumbents are considered members of the extended cabinet (''Gabinete ampliado''). Some of the cabinet-level administration offices are: }), , Director of National System for Integral Family Development( es, Director del Desarrollo Integral de la Familia), , , , , , December 1, 2018 , - , align="center",
National Institute for Women( es, Instituto Nacional para las Mujeres), , President of the National Institute for Women( es, Presidente del Instituto Nacional para las Mujeres), , Lorena Cruz Sánchez, , , , January 2013 , - , align="center",
National Commission of Sport( es, CONADE), , President of CONADE( es, Presidente del CONADE), ,
Ana Guevara Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza (born March 4, 1977) is a Mexican former track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 meters and is the 7th fastest female 300-meter runner in the world, running 300 meters in 35.3 seconds on May 3, 2003. She ...
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Chief of Staff( es, Presidencia de la Republica), , Chief of Staff( es, Jefe de la Presidencia), , Alfonso Romo Garza, , , , December 1, 2018 , - , align="center",
National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples The National Institute of Indigenous Peoples ( es, Instituto Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas, INPI) is a decentralized agency of the Mexican Federal Public Administration. It was established on December 4, 2018, though the earliest Mexican g ...
( es, Comision Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indigenas), , Commissioner for the Development of Indigenous Peoples( es, Comisionado para el desarrollo de pueblos indigenas.), , Roberto Serrano Altamirano, , , , 2018


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