Secretariat of Health

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.

Secretaría de Salud
SALUD
Old Secretary of Health headquarters in Mexico City
Agency overview
Formed	December 1938; 86 years ago (1938-12)
Type	Secretary of State
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Mexico
Headquarters	Acapulco 19°25′19″N 99°10′32″W
Agency executive	David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz, Secretary
Child agencies	Institute of Health for Welfare Mexican Social Security Institute Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers
Website	salud.gob.mx

In recent years, the Secretary of Health has played a more restricted role, as many of its functions have been transferred to the corresponding institutions of the individual Mexican States.

List of recent Secretaries of Health

Name	Start	End	President of Mexico
David Kershenobich	2024	present	Claudia Sheinbaum
Jorge Alcocer Varela	2018	2024	Andrés Manuel López Obrador
José Narro Robles[1]	2016	2018	Enrique Peña Nieto
Mercedes Juan López[1]	2012	2016
Salomón Chertorivski Woldenberg	2012	2012	Felipe Calderón[2]
José Ángel Córdova Villalobos	2006	2012
Julio Frenk	2000	2006	Vicente Fox Quezada
José Antonio González Fernández	1999	2000	Ernesto Zedillo
Juan Ramón de la Fuente	1994	1999
Jesús Kumate Rodríguez	1988	1994	Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Guillermo Soberón Acevedo	1982	1988	Miguel de la Madrid

See also

• Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition