Cabinet of Mexico

The cabinet of Mexico is the Executive Cabinet (Spanish: Gabinete Legal) and is a part of the executive branch of the Mexican government. It consists of eighteen Secretaries of State, the head of the federal executive legal office and the Attorney General.

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 Constitution, where reference is made only to the Secretaries of State. Article 89 of the Constitution provides that the President of Mexico can assign and remove Secretaries of State.

Article 26 of the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration (Ley Orgánica de la Administración Pública Federal) creates the several cabinet secretariats, and the Organic Law of the Attorney General's Office (Ley Orgánica de la Procuraduría General de la República) creates the office of the Attorney General.

The Executive Cabinet does not play a collective legislative or executive role (as do the Cabinets in parliamentary systems). The main interaction that Cabinet members have with the legislative branch 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

The Executive Cabinet members are appointed by the President of the Republic. Only the Attorney General needs to be approved by the Senate.

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 Fernando Canales Clariond had previously served as Secretary of Economy and former Secretary of Education Josefina Vázquez Mota has previously served as Secretary of Social Development.

Cabinet and Cabinet-level officials

Cabinet

Department	Title	Incumbent	Image	in Office since
Secretariat of the Interior (Spanish: Secretaría de Gobernación)	Secretary of the Interior (Spanish: Secretario de Gobernación)	Jose Francisco Blake Mora		July 14, 2010
Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (Spanish: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores)	Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Spanish: Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores)	Patricia Espinosa		December 1, 2006
Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (Spanish: Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público)	Secretary of Finance (Spanish: Secretario de Hacienda)	Ernesto Cordero	File:Ernesto Cordero.jpg	December 9, 2009
Secretariat of National Defense (Spanish: Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional)	Secretary of Defense (Spanish: Secretario de Defensa)	Guillermo Galvan Galvan	File:Guillermo Galvan Galvan.jpg	December 1, 2006
Secretariat of Navy (Spanish: Secretaría de Marina)	Secretary of Navy (Spanish: Secretario de Marina)	Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza	File:Mariano Saynez Mendoza.jpg	December 1, 2006
Secretariat of Economy (Spanish: Secretaría de Economia)	Secretary of Economy (Spanish: Secretario de Economía)	Bruno Ferrari		July 14, 2010
Secretariat of Social Development (Spanish: Secretaría de Desarrollo Social)	Secretary of Social Development (Spanish: Secretario de Desarrollo Social)	Heriberto Félix Guerra		December 9, 2009
General Attorney of the Republic (Spanish: Procuraduría General de la República)	General Procurator (Spanish: Procuradura General)	Marisela Morales	File:Marisela-Morales.jpg	April 7, 2011
Secretariat of Public Security (Spanish: Secretaría de Seguridad Pública)	Secretary of Public Security (Spanish: Secretario de Seguridad Pública)	Genaro García Luna	File:Genaro Garcia Luna.jpg	December 1, 2006
Secretariat of Civil Service (Spanish: Secretaría de la Función Pública)	Secretary of Civil Service (Spanish: Secretario de la Función Pública)	Salvador Vega Casillas	File:Salvador Vega Casillas.jpg	September 27, 2007
Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (Spanish: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes)	Secretary of Communications (Spanish: Secretario de Comunicaciones)	Dionisio Pérez-Jácome		January 7, 2011
Secretary of Labor and Social Security (Spanish: Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social)	Secretary of Labor (Spanish: Secretario del Trabajo)	Javier Lozano Alarcón	File:Javier Lozano Alarcon.jpg	December 1, 2006
Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources (Spanish: Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales)	Secretary of Environment (Spanish: Secretario de Medio Ambiente)	Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada		December 1, 2006
Secretariat of Energy (Spanish: Secretaría de Energía)	Secretary of Energy (Spanish: Secretario de Energía)	José Antonio Meade Kuribreña		January 7, 2011
Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (Spanish: Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación)	Secretary of Agriculture (Spanish: Secretario de Agricultura)	Francisco Mayorga Castañeda	File:Francisco Mayorga.jpg	September 7, 2009
Secretariat of Public Education (Spanish: Secretaría de Educación Pública)	Secretary of Education (Spanish: Secretario de Educación)	Alonso Lujambio		April 6, 2009
Secretariat of Health (Spanish: Secretaría de Salud)	Secretary of Health (Spanish: Secretario de Salud)	José Ángel Córdova Villalobos	File:Foto secretario jose cordov.jpg	December 1, 2006
Secretariat of Tourism (Spanish: Secretaría de Turismo)	Secretary of Tourism (Spanish: Secretaria de Turismo)	Gloria Guevara		March 10, 2010
Secretariat of Agrarian Reform (Spanish: Secretaría de la Reforma Agraria)	Secretary of Agrarian Reform (Spanish: Secretario de la Reforma Agraria)	Abelardo Escobar Prieto	File:Abelardo Escobar Prieto.jpg	April 24, 2006

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:

Department	Title	Incumbent	Image	in Office since
File:Logotipo Conaculta.gif National Council for Culture and Arts (Spanish: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las artes.)	President of the National Council for Culture and Arts (Spanish: Presidente del Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las artes)	Consuelo Sáizar Guerrero		March, 3 2009
National System for Integral Family Development (Spanish: Desarrollo Integral de la Familia)	Director of National System for Integral Family Development (Spanish: Director del Desarrollo Integral de la Familia)	Margarita Zavala	85px	December 1, 2006
National Institute for Women (Spanish: Instituto Nacional para las Mujeres)	President of National Institute for Women (Spanish: Presidente del Instituto Nacional para las Mujeres)	María del Rocio García Gaytan		2006
National Comision of Sport (Spanish: CONADE)	President of CONADE (Spanish: Presidente del CONADE)	Bernardo de la Garza		2009
Chief of Staff (Spanish: Presidencia de la Republica)	Chief of Staff (Spanish: Jefe de la Presidencia)	Patricia Flores Elizondo		December 1, 2006
National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples (Spanish: Comision Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indigenas)	Comissioner for the Development of Indigenous Peoples (Spanish: Comisionado para el desarrollo de pueblos indigenas.)	Luis H. Álvarez		December 9, 2009 External links Executive Cabinet CIA: Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Mexico