Secretary of Public Education

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In Mexico, the Secretary of Public Education is the head of the Secretariat of Public Education (in Spanish: Secretaría de Educación Pública; abbreviated SEP), the federal government department with responsibility for the nation's public schools and education policy in general. The secretary is a member of the federal executive cabinet and is chosen discretionally by the President of the Republic.

The current Secretary of Education is Josefina Vázquez Mota.


Secretaries of Education 1921-present
Name Term of Office
José Vasconcelos 19211924
Bernardo J. Gastélum 1924
José Manuel Puig Casauranc 19241928
Moisés Sáenz Garza 1928
Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza 19281930
Aarón Sáenz Garza 1930
Carlos Trejo y Lerdo de Tejada 1930
José Manuel Puig Casauranc 19301931
Alejandro Cerisola 1931
Narciso Bassols 19311934
Eduardo Vasconcelos 1934
Ignacio García Téllez 19341935
Gonzalo Vázquez Vela 19351940
Luis Sánchez Pontón 19401941
Octavio Vejar Vázquez 19411943
Jaime Torres Bodet 19431946
Manuel Gual Vidal 19461952
José A. Ceniceros Andonegui 19521958
Jaime Torres Bodet 19581964
Agustín Yañez 19641970
Víctor Bravo Ahuja 19701976
Porfirio Alejandro Muñoz Ledo 19761977
Fernando Solana Morales 19771982
Jesús Reyes Heroles 19821985
Miguel González Avelar 19851988
Manuel Bartlett Díaz 19881992
Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León 19921993
Fernando Solana Morales 19931994
José Angel Pescador Osuna 1994
Fausto Alzati Araiza 19941995
Miguel Limón Rojas 19952000
Reyes Tamez Guerra 20002006
Josefina Vázquez Mota 2006 – present

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