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 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.
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 sinceSecretariat of the Interior()Secretary of the Interior()Rosa Icela Rodríguez(b. 1959)October 1, 2024Secretariat of Foreign Affairs()Secretary of Foreign Affairs()Roberto Velasco Álvarez(b. 1987)April 1, 2026Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit()Secretary of Finance()Edgar Amador Zamora(b. 1967) March 8, 2025Secretariat of National Defense()Secretary of Defense()Ricardo Trevilla Trejo(b. 1961)October 1, 2024Secretariat of the Navy()Secretary of Navy()Raymundo Morales Ángeles(b. 1966)October 1, 2024Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection()Secretary of Security()Omar García Harfuch(b. 1982)October 1, 2024Secretariat of Welfare()Secretary of Welfare()Leticia Ramírez Amaya(b. 1961)April 29, 2026Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources()Secretary of Environment()Alicia Bárcena(b. 1952)October 1, 2024Secretariat of Energy()Secretary of Energy()(b. 1974)October 1, 2024Secretariat of Economy()Secretary of Economy()Marcelo Ebrard(b. 1959)October 1, 2024Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development()Secretary of Agriculture()(b. 1974)May 1, 2026Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation()Secretary of Infrastructure()Jesús Antonio Esteva Medina(b. 1965)October 1, 2024Secretariat of Anticorruption and Good Governance()Anti-corruption and Good Governance Secretariat()Raquel Buenrostro Sánchez(b. 1970)October 1, 2024Secretariat of Public Education()Secretary of Education()Mario Delgado Carrillo(b. 1972)October 1, 2024Secretariat of Health()Secretary of Health()(b. 1942)October 1, 2024Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare()Secretary of Labor()Marath Baruch Bolaños López(b. 1986)June 20, 2023 Secretariat of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development ()Secretary of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development ()(b. 1962)October 1, 2024Secretariat of Culture ()Secretary of Culture ()Claudia Curiel de Icaza(b. 1979)October 1, 2024Secretariat of Tourism()Secretary of Tourism()Josefina Rodríguez Zamora(b. 1989)October 1, 2024Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation()Secretary of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation()(b. 1950)October 1, 2024Secretariat of Women()Secretary of Women()Laura Itzel Castillo(b. 1957)September 3, 2026 Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive ()Legal Advisor ()Luisa Alcalde(b. 1987)May 4, 2026Digital Transformation and Telecommunications Agency()Director of Digital Transformation and Telecommunications()José Antonio Peña Merino(b. 1974)January 1, 2025
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).
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 sinceNational System for Integral Family Development()Director of National System for Integral Family Development()María del Rocío García Pérez October 1, 2024National Commission of Sport()President of CONADE()Rommel PachecoOctober 1, 2024Chief of Staff()Chief of Staff()Lázaro Cárdenas BatelOctober 1, 2024National Institute of Indigenous Peoples()General Director of the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples()Adelfo Regino MontesDecember 1, 2018
References
External links Executive Cabinet CIA: Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Mexico