Secretariat of Social Development
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The Secretariat of Social Development (Spanish:
Secretaría de Desarrollo Social; SEDESOL) is the government department
in charge of social development efforts in Mexico
. The Secretary of Social Development is a member of the Executive Cabinet
, and is appointed at the discretion of the President of the Republic
.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
Secretaría de Desarrollo Social; SEDESOL) is the government department
Ministry (government department)
A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of government public administration, sometimes led by a minister or a senior public servant, that can have responsibility for one or more departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions or other smaller executive, advisory, managerial or...
in charge of social development efforts in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. The Secretary of Social Development is a member of the Executive Cabinet
Mexican Executive Cabinet
The cabinet of Mexico is the Executive Cabinet and is a part of the executive branch of the Mexican government. It consists of eighteen Secretaries of State, the head of the federal executive legal office and the Attorney General....
, and is appointed at the discretion of the President of the Republic
President of Mexico
The President of the United Mexican States is the head of state and government of Mexico. Under the Constitution, the president is also the Supreme Commander of the Mexican armed forces...
.
List of Secretaries of Social Development
- (1959 - 1964): Javier Barros SierraJavier Barros SierraJavier Barros Sierra was a Mexican engineer and Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico during the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre....
- (1964 - 1970): Gilberto Valenzuela
- (1970 - 1976): Luis Enrique BracamontesLuis Enrique BracamontesLuis Enrique Bracamontes was a Mexican engineer and politician....
- (1976 - 1982): Pedro Ramírez VázquezPedro Ramírez VázquezPedro Ramírez Vázquez is a late twentieth century Mexican architect. He was born in Mexico City. He was persuaded to study architecture by writer and poet Carlos Pellicer....
- (1982 - 1985): Marcelo Javelly Girard
- (1985 - 1986): Guillermo Carrillo Arena
- (1986 - 1988): Manuel Camacho SolísManuel Camacho SolísManuel Camacho Solís is a Mexican politician who served in the cabinets of presidents Miguel de la Madrid and Carlos Salinas...
- (1988): Gabino Fraga
- (1988 - 1992): Patricio Chirinos Calero
- (1992 - 1993): Luis Donaldo ColosioLuis Donaldo ColosioLuis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta was a Mexican politician, and PRI presidential candidate, who was assassinated at a campaign rally in Tijuana during the Mexican Presidential campaign of 1994.-Political history:...
- (1993 - 1998): Carlos Rojas Gutiérrez
- (1998 - 1999): Esteban MoctezumaEsteban MoctezumaEsteban Moctezuma Barragán is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party . He is a former senator and served as secretary of social development and secretary of the interior in the cabinet of President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León...
- (1999 - 2000): Carlos JarqueCarlos JarqueCarlos M. Jarque Uribe is a Mexican economist and politician, currently the Representative of the Inter-American Development Bank to Europe and Principal Advisor to the President of the IDB....
- (2000 - 2006): Josefina Vázquez MotaJosefina Vázquez MotaJosefina Eugenia Vázquez Mota . Mexican economist, businesswoman and politician, member of the National Action Party .-Family:...
- (2006): Ana Teresa ArandaAna Teresa ArandaAna Teresa Aranda Orozco is a Mexican politician affiliated to the National Action Party who served as Director of the DIF...
- (2006 - 2008): Beatriz Zavala Peniche
- (2008): Ernesto Javier Cordero Arroyo
- (2009-?): Heriberto Felix Guerra