Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Mexico)

The Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (in Spanish: Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, SEMARNAT) is Mexico's environment ministry. Its head, the Secretary of the Environment, is a member of the federal executive cabinet and is appointed by the President of the Republic. As of 2015 the appointed Secretary of the Environment in the cabinet of Enrique Peña Nieto is Rafael Pacchiano Alamán who was preceded by Juan José Guerra Abud, who was in the position from 1 December 2012 to 27 August 2015.

The Secretariat is charged with the mission of protecting, restoring, and conserving the ecosystems, natural resources, assets and environmental services of Mexico with the goal of fostering sustainable development.

Functions

The Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico is the Secretary of State to which, according to Law of Federal Public Administration in its Article 32a, corresponds to the release of the following functions:

To carry out these functions, the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources has the following Undersecretaries:

These Undersecretaries are then charged with the operation of the following units of the SEMARNAT:

List of Secretaries

Secretary Years of Appointment
Secretariat of Fisheries
Fernando Rafful Miguel 1982
Pedro Ojeda Paullada 1982–1988
María de los Angeles Moreno 1988–1991
Guillermo Jiménez Morales 1991–1994
Secretariat of the Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries (SEMARNAP)
Julia Carabias Lillo 1994–2000
Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT)
Víctor Lichtinger 2000–2004
Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez 2004–2005
José Luis Luege Tamargo 2005–2006
Juan Rafael Elvira Quezada 2006–2012
Juan José Guerra Abud 2012–current

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