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 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 Constitution, where reference is made only to the Secretaries of State. Article 89 of the Constitution provides that the President of Mexico can appoint and remove Secretaries of State.^[1]

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

Cabinet members are freely appointed by the President, except for the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 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 Fernando Canales Clariond had previously served as Secretary of Economy and former Secretary of Education Josefina Vázquez Mota had 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)	Luisa María Alcalde Luján (b. 1987)		June 19, 2023
Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (Spanish: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores)	Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Spanish: Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores)	Alicia Bárcena Ibarra (b.1954)		June 12, 2023
Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (Spanish: Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público)	Secretary of Finance (Spanish: Secretario de Hacienda)	Rogelio Ramírez de la O (b. 1948)		July 16, 2019
Secretariat of National Defense (Spanish: Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional)	Secretary of Defense (Spanish: Secretario de Defensa)	Luis Cresencio Sandoval (b. 1960)		December 1, 2018
Secretariat of Navy (Spanish: Secretaría de Marina)	Secretary of Navy (Spanish: Secretario de Marina)	José Rafael Ojeda Durán (b. 1954)		December 1, 2018
Secretariat of Security and Civilian Protection (Spanish: Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana)	Secretary of Security (Spanish: Secretario de Seguridad)	Rosa Icela Rodríguez [es]	(b.1959)	October 30, 2020
Secretariat of Economy (Spanish: Secretaría de Economia)	Secretary of Economy (Spanish: Secretaria de Economía)	Tatiana Clouthier (b.1964)		January 4, 2021
Secretariat of Welfare (Spanish: Secretaría de Bienestar)	Secretary of Welfare (Spanish: Secretaria de Bienestar)	Ariadna Montiel Reyes (b. 1974)		December 1, 2018
Secretariat of the Civil Service Spanish: Secretaría de la Función Pública	Secretary of the Civil Service Spanish: Secretaria de la Función Pública	Irma Sandoval-Ballesteros (b. 1972)		December 1, 2018
Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (Spanish: Secretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes)	Secretary of Communications (Spanish: Secretario de Comunicaciones)	Jorge Nuño Lara		November 15, 2022
Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare (Spanish: Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social)	Secretary of Labor (Spanish: Secretaria del Trabajo)	Marath Bolanos López [es] (b. 1980s)		June 20, 2023
Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources (Spanish: Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales)	Secretary of Environment (Spanish: Secretaria de Medio Ambiente)	Maria Luisa Albores (b. 1976)		December 1, 2018
Secretariat of Energy (Spanish: Secretaría de Energía)	Secretary of Energy (Spanish: Secretaria de Energía)	Rocío Nahle García (b. 1964)		December 1, 2018
Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Spanish: Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural)	Secretary of Agriculture (Spanish: Secretario de Agricultura)	Víctor Manuel Villalobos Arámbula (b. 1950)		December 1, 2018
Secretariat of Public Education (Spanish: Secretaría de Educación Pública)	Secretary of Education (Spanish: Secretario de Educación)	Leticia Ramírez Amaya (b.1961)		September 1, 2022
Secretariat of Health (Spanish: Secretaría de Salud)	Secretary of Health (Spanish: Secretario de Salud)	Jorge Alcocer Varela (b. 1946)		December 1, 2018
Secretariat of Tourism (Spanish: Secretaría de Turismo)	Secretary of Tourism (Spanish: Secretaria de Turismo)	Miguel Torruco Marqués (b. 1951)		December 1, 2018
Secretariat of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development Spanish: Secretaría de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano	Secretary of Agrarian Development and Urban Planning Spanish: Secretario de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano	Román Meyer Falcón (b. 1983)		December 1, 2018
Secretariat of Culture Spanish: Secretaría de Cultura	Secretary of Culture Spanish: Secretaria de Cultura	Alejandra Frausto Guerrero		December 1, 2018
Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive Spanish: Consejería Jurídica del Ejecutivo Federal	Legal Advisor Spanish: 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:

Department	Title	Incumbent	in Office since
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)		December 1, 2018
National Institute for Women (Spanish: Instituto Nacional para las Mujeres)	President of the National Institute for Women (Spanish: Presidenta del Instituto Nacional para las Mujeres)	Lorena Cruz Sánchez	January 2013
National Commission of Sport (Spanish: CONADE)	President of CONADE (Spanish: Presidente del CONADE)	Ana Guevara	December 1, 2018
Chief of Staff (Spanish: Presidencia de la Republica)	Chief of Staff (Spanish: Jefe de la Presidencia)	Alfonso Romo Garza	December 1, 2018
National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas)	General Director of the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (Spanish: Director General del Instituto Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas.)	Adelfo Regino Montes	2018