Cabinet of Mexico
The cabinet of Mexico is the Executive Cabinet and is a part of the executive branch of the Mexican government. It consists of nineteen 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. Officials from the legal and extended Cabinet 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.The Executive Cabinet does not play a collective legislative or executive role. 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 nominated by the President and then they must 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 had previously served as Secretary of Social Development.
Cabinet and Cabinet-level officials
Cabinet
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.Some of the cabinet-level administration offices are:
| Department | Title | Incumbent | Image | in Office since |
National System for Integral Family Development | Director of National System for Integral Family Development | December 1, 2018 | ||
National Institute for Women | President of the :es:Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres |National Institute for Women | Lorena Cruz Sánchez | January 2013 | |
National Commission of Sport | President of CONADE | Ana Guevara | December 1, 2018 | |
Chief of Staff | Chief of Staff | Alfonso Romo Garza | December 1, 2018 | |
National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples | Commissioner for the Development of Indigenous Peoples | Roberto Serrano Altamirano | 2018 |