Secretariat of Health

Secretaría de Salud

SALUD

Secretariat of Health headquarters in Mexico City
Agency overview
Formed December 1938 (1938-12)
Type Secretary of State
Jurisdiction Mexico
Headquarters Mexico City
19°25′19″N 99°10′32″W / 19.42194°N 99.17556°W / 19.42194; -99.17556
Agency executive
  • José Narro Robles, 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
José Narro Robles 2016present Enrique Peña Nieto
Mercedes Juan López 20122016
Salomón Chertorivski Woldenberg 2012 Felipe Calderón
José Ángel Córdova Villalobos 20062012
Julio Frenk Mora 20002006 Vicente Fox Quezada
José Antonio González Fernández 19992000 Ernesto Zedillo
Juan Ramón de la Fuente 19941999
Jesús Kumate Rodríguez 19881994 Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Guillermo Soberón Acevedo 19821988 Miguel de la Madrid

See also

Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition

External links

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