Secretariat of Health

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Secretaría de Salud
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Secretariat of Health headquarters in Mexico City
Agency overview
Formed December 1938; 85 years ago (1938-12)
Type Secretary of State
Jurisdiction Mexico
Headquarters Mexico City
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Agency executive
  • Mercedes Juan López, Secretario
Parent department President of Mexico
Child agencies
Website Official site

The Secretariat of Health (Spanish: Secretaría de Salud) is the government department in charge of all social health services in Mexico. The Secretary of Health is a member of the Executive Cabinet and is appointed at the discretion of the President of the Republic.

In the last years, the Secretariat has played a more restricted role, as many of its functions have been transferred to the corresponding bodies of the States.

List of recent Secretaries of Health

Name Term President of Mexico
Mercedes Juan López 2012–present Enrique Peña Nieto
Salomón Chertorivski Woldenberg 2012 Felipe de Jesús Calderón
José Ángel Córdova Villalobos 2006–2012
Julio Frenk Mora 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

External links