The Secretariat of Health (Spanish: Secretaría de Salud) is the government department in charge of all social health services in Mexico, and an integral part of the Mexican health system. The Secretary of Health is a member of the Executive Cabinet and is appointed at the discretion of the President of the Republic.
| Secretaría de Salud | |
SALUD | |
Old Secretary of Health headquarters in Mexico City | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | December 1938 |
| Type | Secretary of State |
| Jurisdiction | Federal government of Mexico |
| Headquarters | Acapulco 19°25′19″N 99°10′32″W / 19.42194°N 99.17556°W |
| Agency executive |
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| Child agencies | |
| Website | salud.gob.mx |
In recent years, the federal Secretariat of Health has played a more restricted role, as many of its functions have been transferred to the corresponding institutions of the individual states.
List of recent secretaries of health
| Name | Start | End | President |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Kershenobich | 2024 | present | Claudia Sheinbaum |
| Jorge Alcocer Varela | 2018 | 2024 | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| José Narro Robles | 2016 | 2018 | Enrique Peña Nieto |
| Mercedes Juan López | 2012 | 2016 | |
| Salomón Chertorivski Woldenberg | 2012 | 2012 | Felipe Calderón |
| José Ángel Córdova Villalobos | 2006 | 2012 | |
| Julio Frenk | 2000 | 2006 | Vicente Fox Quezada |
| José Antonio González Fernández | 1999 | 2000 | Ernesto Zedillo |
| Juan Ramón de la Fuente | 1994 | 1999 | |
| Jesús Kumate Rodríguez | 1988 | 1994 | Carlos Salinas de Gortari |
| Guillermo Soberón Acevedo | 1982 | 1988 | Miguel de la Madrid |
See also
- Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition
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