Attorney General of Mexico
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The Attorney General of Mexico (in Spanish: Procurador General de la República) is the head of the Office of the General Prosecutor (Procuraduría General de la República, PGR), an institution belonging to the Federal executive branch that is responsible for the investigation and prosecution of federal crimes. The office is governed mainly by the Constitution of Mexico and the Organic Law of the Attorney General's Office (Ley Orgánica de la Procuraduría General de la República).[1] The Attorney General is a member of the President's Cabinet. The current[update] Attorney General is Arturo Chávez.
The Attorney General's Office is organized into several subordinate entities, including five Under-Attorney General Offices (Legal and International Affairs, Regional Control and Criminal Procedures, Specialized in Organized Crime, Specialized in Federal Crimes, Human Rights and Community Services, Prosecutor Offices such as the Specialized in Electoral Crimes, the Federal Investigations Agency, and the National Center for Planning, Analysis and Information for Combating Crime (Centro Nacional de Planeación, Análisis e Información para el Combate a la Delincuencia, CENAPI).
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[edit] List of Attorneys General
[edit] 21st century
- Arturo Chávez (since 24 September 2009)
- Eduardo Medina Mora (1 December 2006 - 7 September 2009)
- Daniel Cabeza de Vaca (28 April 2005 - 30 November 2006)
- Rafael Macedo de la Concha (1 December 2000 - 27 April 2005)
[edit] 20th century
| Name | Term of Office |
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| Rafael Rebollar | 1900 – 1911 |
| Manuel Castelazo Fuentes | 1911 – 1911 |
| Adolfo Valles | 1911 – 1913 |
| Francisco Modesto de Olaguíbel | 1914 – 1914 |
| Vicente Castro | 1914 |
| Pascual Morales y Molina | 1916 – 1917 |
| Pablo A. de la Garza | 1917 – 1918 |
| Carlos Salcedo | 1918 – 1920 |
| Eduardo Neri | 1920 – 1922 |
| Eduardo Delhumeau | 1922 – 1924 |
| Romeo Ortega y Castillo de Levín | 1925 – 1928 |
| Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza | 1928 – 1928 |
| Enrique Medina | 1928 – 1930 |
| José Aguilar y Maya | 1930 – 1932 |
| Emilio Portes Gil | 1932 – 1934 |
| Silvestre Castro | 1934 – 1936 |
| Ignacio García Téllez | 1936 – 1937 |
| Antonio Villalobos Maillard | 1937 – 1937 |
| Genaro V. Vázquez Quiroz | 1937 – 1940 |
| José Aguilar y Maya | 1940 – 1946 |
| Francisco González de la Vega | 1946 – 1952 |
| Carlos Franco Sodi | 1952 – 1956 |
| Jose Aguilar y Maya | 1956 – 1958 |
| Fernando López Arias | 1958 – 1962 |
| Oscar Treviño Ríos | 1962 – 1964 |
| Antonio Rocha Cordero | 1964 – 1967 |
| Julio Sánchez Vargas | 1967 – 1971 |
| Pedro Ojeda Paullada | 1971 – 1976 |
| Oscar Flores Sánchez | 1976 – 1982 |
| Sergio García Ramírez | 1982 – 1988 |
| Enrique Álvarez del Castillo | 1988 – 1991 |
| Ignacio Morales Lechuga | 1991 – 1993 |
| Jorge Carpizo McGregor | 1993 – 1994 |
| Diego Valadés | 1994 – 1994 |
| Humberto Benítez Treviño | 1994 – 1994 |
| Antonio Lozano Gracia | 1994 – 1996 |
| Jorge Madrazo Cuéllar | 1996 – 2000 |
[edit] References
- ^ (in Spanish) ¿Qué es PGR?, Procuraduría General de la República, April 27 2007, http://www.pgr.gob.mx/Que%20es%20PGR/presentacion.asp
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Attorney General's Office website
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