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.
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 2024present Claudia Sheinbaum Jorge Alcocer Varela 20182024 Andrés Manuel López Obrador José Narro Robles 20162018 Enrique Peña Nieto Mercedes Juan López 20122016 20122012 Felipe Calderón José Ángel Córdova Villalobos 20062012 Julio Frenk 20002006 Vicente Fox Quezada 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
References
External links http://salud_2013.salud.gob.mx/ (in Spanish) Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk (in Spanish)