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The Cabinet of Mexico 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.
In addition to the legal Executive Cabinet (Gabinete Legal) there are other Cabinet-level administration offices that report directly to the President of the Republic (Gabinete Ampliado). Officials from the legal and extended Cabinet (Gabinete Legal y Ampliado) are subordinate to the President.
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Constitutional and legal basis
The term "Cabinet" does not appear in the Constitution, where reference is made only to the Secretaries of State. Article 89 of the Constitution provides that the President of Mexico can assign and remove Secretaries of State.
Article 26 of the
The Executive Cabinet does not play a collective legislative or executive role (as do the Cabinets in parliamentary systems). The main interaction that Cabinet members have with the legislative branch are regular testimonials before Congressional committees to justify their actions, and coordinate executive and legislative policy in their respective fields of jurisdiction.
Secretary selection process
The Executive Cabinet members are appointed by the President of the Republic. Only the Attorney General needs to be approved by the Senate.
Cabinet Secretaries are often selected from past and current governors, senators, and other political office holders. Private citizens such as businessmen or former military officials are also common Cabinet choices.
It is not rare for a Secretary to be moved from one Secretariat to another. For example, former Secretary of Energy Fernando Canales Clariond had previously served as Secretary of Economy and former Secretary of Education Josefina Vázquez Mota has previously served as Secretary of Social Development.
Cabinet and Cabinet-level officials
Cabinet
Cabinet-level administration offices
Some positions are not part of the legal Executive Cabinet, but have cabinet-level rank therefore their incumbents are considered members of the extended cabinet (Gabinete ampliado).
Some of the cabinet-level administration offices are:
| Office | Title | Incumbent |
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| National Council for Culture and Arts | President | Consuleo Sáizar Guerrero |
| Sistema Nacional para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia | Director | Cecilia Landerreche |
| Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres | President | María del Rocio García Gaytan |
| Comisión Nacional del Deporte | President | Bernardo de la Garza |
| Oficina de la Presidencia | Chief of Staff | Patricia Flores Elizondo |
| Coordinación General de Comunicación Social | Presidential spokesman | Maximiliano Cortázar Lara |
| National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples | Commissioner of Indigenous Peoples | Luis H. Álvarez |
| Secretariat of National Defense | Secretary of Defense | Guillermo Galván Galván |
| Secretariat of the Navy | Secretary of the Navy | Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza |
Former cabinet positions
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