Cabinet of Mexico

The Cabinet of Mexico is the Executive Cabinet (Template:Langx) 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

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Cabinet Officers of President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador (left) and of President Enrique Peña Nieto, August 2018.

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Meeting at Los Pinos of the Cabinet of President Enrique Peña Nieto, January 2018.

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.

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
File:SEGOB Logo (2024).png Secretariat of the Interior (Template:Langx)	Secretary of the Interior (Template:Langx)	Rosa Icela Rodríguez (b. 1959)	File:Rosa Icela.jpg	October 1, 2024
File:SRE Logo (2024).png Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Template:Langx)	Juan Ramón de la Fuente (b. 1951)	File:Juan Ramón de la Fuente 2012 Cropped.jpg	October 1, 2024
File:SHCP Logo (2024).png Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Finance (Template:Langx)	Edgar Amador Zamora (b. 1967)	File:Edgar Amador Zamora en la SHCP (recortada).jpg	March 8, 2025
File:SEDENA Logo (2024).png Secretariat of National Defense (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Defense (Template:Langx)	Ricardo Trevilla Trejo (b. 1961)	File:GRAL. TREVILLA.jpg	October 1, 2024
File:SEMAR Logo (2024).png Secretariat of the Navy (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Navy (Template:Langx)	Template:Interlanguage link (b. 1966)		October 1, 2024
File:SSPC Logo (2024).png Secretariat of Security and Civilian Protection (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Security (Template:Langx)	Omar García Harfuch (b. 1982)	File:García Harfuch (cropped).jpg	October 1, 2024
File:BIENESTAR Logo (2024).png Secretariat of Welfare (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Welfare (Template:Langx)	Ariadna Montiel Reyes (b. 1974)	File:Ariadna Montiel Reyes.jpg	January 11, 2022
File:SEMARNAT Logo (2024).png Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Environment (Template:Langx)	Alicia Bárcena (b. 1952)	File:Alicia Bárcena Ibarra on July 17, 2024 (cropped).jpg	October 1, 2024
File:SENER Logo (2024).png Secretariat of Energy (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Energy (Template:Langx)	Luz Elena González Escobar (b. 1974)	File:Luz Elena González durante mañanera 11 octubre 2024.jpg	October 1, 2024
File:SE Logo (2024).png Secretariat of Economy (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Economy (Template:Langx)	Marcelo Ebrard (b. 1959)	File:Marcelo Ebrard (45267928315) (cropped).jpg	October 1, 2024
File:SADER Logo (2024).png Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Agriculture (Template:Langx)	Template:Interlanguage link (b. 1957)	File:Julio Berdegué Sacristán 2025 (cropped).jpg	October 1, 2024
File:SICT Logo (2024).png Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Infrastructure (Template:Langx)	Template:Interlanguage link (b. 1965)	File:Jesús Antonio Esteva Medina - Secretario de Obras y Servicios.jpg	October 1, 2024
File:Buen gobierno.svg Secretariat of Anticorruption and Good Governance (Template:Langx)	Anti-corruption and Good Governance Secretariat (Template:Langx)	Template:Interlanguage link (b. 1970)	File:Raquel Buenrostro Sánchez in 2024 (cropped).jpg	October 1, 2024
File:SEP Logo (2024).png Secretariat of Public Education (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Education (Template:Langx)	Mario Delgado Carrillo (b. 1972)	File:Mario Delgado (portrait).jpg	October 1, 2024
File:SALUD Logo (2024).png Secretariat of Health (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Health (Template:Langx)	David Kershenobich (b. 1942)	File:David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz.jpg	October 1, 2024
File:STPS Logo (2024).png Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Labor (Template:Langx)	Marath Baruch Bolaños López (b. 1986)	File:Marath Bolaños.jpg	June 20, 2023
File:SEDATU Logo (2024).png Secretariat of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development (Template:Langx)	Edna Elena Vega (b. 1962)	File:Edna Elena Vega Rangel (cropped).jpg	October 1, 2024
File:CULTURA Logo (2024).png Secretariat of Culture (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Culture (Template:Langx)	Claudia Curiel de Icaza (b. 1979)	File:ClaudiaCurieldeIcaza.jpg	October 1, 2024
File:SECTUR Logo (2024).png Secretariat of Tourism (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Tourism (Template:Langx)	Josefina Rodríguez Zamora (b. 1989)	File:Josefina Rodríguez Zamora.jpg	October 1, 2024
File:Logo Ciencia y Tecnologia 2024.svg Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation (Template:Langx)	Rosaura Ruiz Gutiérrez (b. 1950)	File:Rosaura Ruiz Gutiérrez.jpg	October 1, 2024
File:MUJERES Logo (2025).png Secretariat of Women (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Women (Template:Langx)	Citlalli Hernández (b. 1990)	File:Senadora Citlalli Hernández.jpg	October 1, 2024
Digital Transformation and Telecommunications Agency (Template:Langx)	Secretary of Digital Transformation and Telecommunications (Template:Langx)	José Antonio Peña Merino		November 15, 2024
File:CJEF Logo (2024).png Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive (Template:Langx)	Legal Advisor (Template:Langx)	Ernestina Godoy Ramos (b. 1954)	File:Ernestina Godoy Ramos.jpg	October 1, 2024

Cabinet-level administration offices

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First Lady Angélica Rivera (2012-2018) speaking at a DIF event for disability benefits.

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).

The National DIF has traditionally been headed by the First Lady or Gentleman of Mexico. However, the position may be filled by another if the president does not have a spouse (as happened during the early Fox presidency) or the presidential spouse refuses the position, such as with Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller (2018-2024).

Some of the cabinet-level administration offices are:

Department	Title	Incumbent	Image	in Office since
File:DIF logo.svg National System for Integral Family Development (Template:Langx)	Director of National System for Integral Family Development (Template:Langx)	María del Rocío García Pérez		October 1, 2024
File:Logo de la CONADE (sin texto).svg National Commission of Sport (Template:Langx)	President of CONADE (Template:Langx)	Rommel Pacheco		October 1, 2024
File:PRESIDENCIA MX Logo (2024).png Chief of Staff (Template:Langx)	Chief of Staff (Template:Langx)	Lázaro Cárdenas Batel		October 1, 2024
File:INPI Logo 2018.svg National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (Template:Langx)	General Director of the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (Template:Langx)	Adelfo Regino Montes	File:No image.png	December 1, 2018

External links

• Executive Cabinet
• CIA: Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Mexico