President of the Council of Ministers of the Mexican Empire,COVARRUBIAS José de Jesús, "Enciclopedia Política de México: Tomo V, Dirigentes Ancestrales, Coloniales y del México Independiente Siglos VII-XXI", Edit.Instituto Belisario Domínguez, 2010 First Minister,Porvenir De México y Juicio Sobre Su Estado Político En 1821 Y 1851, Volumen1 Por Luis Gonzaga Cuevas or ChancellorCancilleres de México, SRE was an institutional figure that existed in the Second Mexican Empire since 1864 to 1867 by Maximilian of Habsburg.

Appointment The president of the Council of Ministers was appointed by the emperor and had to be ratified by Congress in the case of the Second Mexican Empire.Varios Autores: México. Crisis Imperial e Independencia. Tomo I (1808–1830). TAURUS The president of the Council holds the presidency of the Council although he may also be the holder of a Ministry of State, mainly the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The other ministers were appointed by the emperor directly. For the validity of the norms and decrees issued by the emperor, the signatures of the prime minister and of the ministers of the portfolios related to the matter of such are necessary; Government acts that lack ministerial endorsement in a constitutional system are null.

Former holders of the title

PartiesCovarruvias José, Enciclopedia Política de México, TOMO IV, Edit. Belisario Domínguez. 2010

First Empire # Name Portrait Monarch Took office Left office Party 1 José Manuel de Herrera Agustin I May 19, 1822 March 19, 1823 Liberal Party Second Empire # Name Portrait Monarch Took office Left office Party 2 José María Lacunza Maximilian I June 13, 1864 October 6, 1866 Liberal Party 3 Teodosio Lares Maximilian I October 7, 1866 March 18, 1867 Conservative Party 4 Santiago Vidaurri March 19, 1867 June 19, 1867 Liberal Party

References

Estatutos del Imperio Mexicano - UNAM