Secretariat of the Interior (Mexico)

Mexico
Secretariat of the Interior

Secretaría de Gobernación
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Agency overview
Formed	1853
Preceding agency	Ministry of the Internal and Foreign Affairs
Jurisdiction	Mexico
Agency executive	Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, Secretary
Child agency	Federal Police (Mexico)
Website	http://www.segob.gob.mx

Headquarters of the secretariat

The Mexican Secretariat of the Interior (Spanish: Secretaría de Gobernación, SEGOB, literally "Secretary of Governorship") is concerned with the country's internal affairs, the presentation of the president's bills to Congress, their publication and certain issues of national security. The country's main intelligence agency, CISEN, depends directly from this branch. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet and the most important cabinet secretary. In 1821, with the integration of the Junta Provisional Gubernativa (Provisional Governing Council), and an urge to organize the country, the regulation that would determine the functions of the so-called Secretariat of Internal and External Relations was published. This newly created organism had the functions of the General Government and its first holder was José Manuel de Herrera (1821-1823). With the passage of time, it was necessary to specify the nature of actions of the existing institutions and in 1836 the Ministry of the Interior was established, in 1841 it was changed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Government, which changed in 1843 to the Ministry of the Interior and Police. Finally in 1853, the functions were separated and the Secretariat of the Interior was created.

From the SEGOB's website:

"Since its creation, the Secretary of the Interior has been entrusted with the suitable conduction of the internal policy of the country that allows through programs, actions and strategies the development of a more and more participative society in the actions of the Government to satisfy its demands; allowing with it a growth in the economic, political and social scope of the country."

The Secretariat of the Interior as a dependency of the Executive Branch, concerned with internal policy and national governability, has its most remote origin in article 222 of the Political Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy, promulgated on 19 March 1812, which established among the secretaries of State, those of Government of the Kingdom for the Peninsula and adjacent Islands and Government of the Kingdom for the Overseas On 22 October 1814, the Constitutional Declaration for the Liberty of the Mexican Americas, known as the Constitution of Apatzingán, anticipated in its article 134, the establishment of a republican government, with an Executive Branch known as the Supreme Government which would have a Secretariat of Government among others.

This position was for long regarded as the antechamber to the office of president, because several secretaries of the interior were chosen as presidential candidates for the following term by the incumbent presidents Plutarco Elías Calles, Emilio Portes Gil, Lázaro Cárdenas, Miguel Alemán Valdés, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Luis Echeverría. Francisco Labastida Ochoa, Secretary of the Interior during the latter part of Ernesto Zedillo's administration, was regarded as the president's candidate during the Institutional Revolutionary Party's primaries (the first ones the party had ever held) and during his unsuccessful campaign against former President Vicente Fox. Fox's Secretary of the Interior, Santiago Creel, participated in the National Action Party's primaries but was defeated by Felipe Calderón.

• Conducts the domestic policy drawn up by the President and is not specifically linked to another department.
• Supervises the democratic governance and political development of the country.
• Ensures compliance with the constitutional precepts by the authorities.

List of secretaries

President Antonio López de Santa Anna[1] (1853–1853) : Manuel Díez de Bonilla (1853–1855) : Ignacio Aguilar President Martín Carrera (1855–1855) : José Guadalupe Martínez President Rómulo Díaz de la Vega[2] (1855–1855) : José Guadalupe Martínez President Juan Nepomuceno Álvarez (1855–1855) : José Guadalupe Martínez (1855–1855) : Francisco de P. Cendejas President Ignacio Comonfort (1855–1855) : Francisco de P. Cendejas (1855–1857) : José María Lafragua (1857–1857) : Ignacio de la Llave (1857–1857) : Jesús Terán Peredo (1857–1857) : Francisco del P. Cendejas (1857–1857) : José María Cortés y Esparza (1857–1857) : Benito Juárez García (1857–1858) : José María Cortés y Esparza President Félix María Zuloaga (1858–1858) : Hilario Elguero (1858–1859) : Juan Manuel Fernández de Jáuregui President Manuel Robles Pezuela (1859–1859) : Juan Manuel Fernández de Jáuregui President José Mariano Salas[2] (1859–1859) : Juan Manuel Fernández de Jáuregui President Miguel Miramón (1859–1859) : Ignacio Anievas (1859–1859) : Teófilo Marín (1859–1859) : Antonio Corona (1860–1860) : José Ignacio de Anievas[2] (1860–1860) : Isidro Díaz[2] President José Ignacio Pavón (1859–1859)  : José Ignacio Anievas Emperor Maximilian I (1864–1864) : José María González de la Vega[3] (1864–1865) : José María Cortés Esparza[3] (1865–1866) : José María Esteva[3] (1866–1867) : José Salazar Ilarregui[3] (1867–1867) : Teófilo Marín[3] (1867–1867) : José María Iribarren[3] President Benito Juárez (1858–1858) : Manuel Ruiz (1858–1858) : Melchor Ocampo (1858–1858) : Santos Degollado Sánchez (1858–1858) : Ignacio de la Llave (1858–1859) : Melchor Ocampo (1859–1860) : Ignacio de la Llave (1860–1861) : Manuel Ruiz (1861–1861) : José Manuel de Emparan (1861–1861) : Ignacio de la Llave (1861–1861) : Pedro Ogazón (1861–1861) : Francisco Zarco (1861–1861) : León Guzmán (1861–1861) : Manuel María de Zamacona (1861–1861) : Juan José de la Garza (1861–1862) : Manuel Doblado (1862–1862) : Jesús Terán (1862–1862) : Manuel Doblado (1862–1863) : Juan Antonio de la Fuente (1863–1863) : Manuel Doblado (1863–1863) : Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1867–1868) : Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1868–1868) : Ignacio L. Vallarta (1868–1869) : José María Iglesias (1869–1871) : Manuel Saavedra (1871–1872) : José María Castillo Velasco (1872–1872) : Cayetano Gómez y Pérez President Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1876–1876) : Cayetano Gómez Pérez (1876–1876) : Juan José Baz President Porfirio Díaz (1876–1877) : Protasio Tagle (1877–1879) : Trinidad Garcia Brito (1879–1880) : Eduardo Pankhurst (1880–1880) : Felipe Berriozábal President Manuel González (1880–1884) : Carlos Díez Gutiérrez President Porfirio Díaz (1884–1895) : Manuel Romero Rubio (1895–1903) : Manuel González Cosío (1903–1911) : Ramón Corral President Francisco León de la Barra (1911–1911) : Emilio Vázquez Gómez (1911–1911) : Alberto García Granados President Francisco I. Madero (1911–1912) : Abraham González (governor) (1912–1912) : Jesús Flores Magón (1912–1913) : Rafael Lorenzo Hernández President Victoriano Huerta (1913–1913) : Alberto García Granados (1913–1913) : Aureliano Urrutia (1913–1913) : Manuel Garza Aldape (1913–1914) : Ignacio Alcocer

President Francisco Carvajal (1914–1914) : José María Luján President Venustiano Carranza (1914–1914) : Eliseo Arredondo (1914–1915) : Rafael Zubarán Capmany (1915–1915) : Jesús Acuña (1915–1915) : Adolfo de la Huerta (1917–1917) : Jesús Acuña President Adolfo de la Huerta (1920–1920) : Gilberto Valenzuela (1920–1920) : José Inociencio Lugo President Álvaro Obregón (1920–1923) : Plutarco Elías Calles (1923–1923) : Gilberto Valenzuela (1923–1924) : Enrique Colunga (1924–1924) : Romeo Ortega President Plutarco Elías Calles (1924–1925) : Romeo Ortega (1925–1925) : Gilberto Valenzuela (1925–1928) : Adalberto Tejeda (1928–1928) : Gonzalo Vázquez Vela (1928–1928) : Emilio Portes Gil President Emilio Portes Gil (1928–1930) : Felipe Canales President Pascual Ortiz Rubio (1930–1930) : Emilio Portes Gil (1930–1931) : Carlos Riva Palacio (1931–1931) : Octavio Mendoza González (1931–1931) : Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (1931–1932) : Manuel C. Téllez (1932–1934) : Juan José Ríos President Abelardo L. Rodríguez (1932–1934) : Eduardo Vasconcelos (1934–1934) : Narciso Bassols (1934–1934) : Juan D. Cabral President Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (1934–1935) : Juan de Dios Bojórquez (1935–1936) : Silvano Barba González (1936–1938) : Silvestre Guerrero (1938–1940) : Ignacio García Téllez President Manuel Ávila Camacho (1940–1945) : Miguel Alemán (1945–1946) : Primo Villa Michel President Miguel Alemán (1946–1948) : Héctor Pérez Martínez (1948–1848) : Ernesto P. Uruchurtu (1948–1951) : Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (1951–1952) : Ernesto P. Uruchurtu President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (1952–1958) : Ángel Carvajal Bernal President Adolfo López Mateos (1958–1963) : Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1963–1964) : Luis Echeverría Álvarez President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1964–1969) : Luis Echeverría Álvarez (1969–1970) : Mario Moya Palencia President Luis Echeverría (1970–1976) : Mario Moya Palencia President José López Portillo (1976–1979) : Jesús Reyes Heroles (1979–1982) : Enrique Olivares Santana President Miguel de la Madrid (1982–1988) : Manuel Bartlett Díaz President Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1988–1993) : Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios (1993–1994) : Patrocinio González Garrido (1994–1994) : Jorge Carpizo McGregor President Ernesto Zedillo (1994–1995) : Esteban Moctezuma (1995–1998) : Emilio Chuayffet (1998–1999) : Francisco Labastida Ochoa (1999–2000) : Diódoro Carrasco President Vicente Fox (2000–2005) : Santiago Creel (2005–2006) : Carlos Abascal President Felipe Calderón (2006–2008) : Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña (2008) : Juan Camilo Mouriño Terrazo (2008–2010) : Fernando Gómez Mont (2010–2011) : Francisco Blake Mora (2011–2012) : Alejandro Poiré Romero President Enrique Peña Nieto (2012–present) : Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong

Sources

1. 11th Administration
2. 12th Administration
3. Minister of the Mexican Empire

External links

• Official Website of the Interior
• Official site of the President's Cabinet