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The Mexican Secretary of the Interior (Secretario de Gobernación, often abbreviated SEGOB) is the head of the Secretariat of the Interior (Secretaría de Gobernación) concerned with the country's internal affairs, the presentation of the president's bills to Congress, their publication and certain issues of national security. The country's main intelligence agency, CISEN, depends directly from this branch. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet and it has always been the most important cabinet post.
From the SEGOB's website:
- "Since its creation, the Secretary of the Interior has been entrusted with the suitable conduction of the internal policy of the country that allows through programs, actions and strategies the development of a more and more participative society in the actions of the Government to satisfy its demands; allowing with it a growth in the economic, political and social scope of the country."
[edit] Antechamber to the Presidency
This position was for long regarded as the antechamber to the office of president, because several secretaries of the interior were chosen as presidential candidates for the following term by the incumbent president, including:
Francisco Labastida Ochoa, Secretary of the Interior during the latter part of Ernesto Zedillo's administration, was regarded as the president's candidate during the Institutional Revolutionary Party's primaries (the first ones the party had ever held) and during his unsuccessful campaign against former President Vicente Fox.
Fox's Secretary of the Interior, Santiago Creel, participated in the National Action Party's primaries but was defeated by current President Felipe Calderón.
[edit] List of Secretaries of the Interior
| Photo |
Secretary of the Interior |
Term |
President(s) served under |
 |
Juan Camilo Mouriño |
January 15, 2008 |
present |
Felipe Calderón |
 |
Francisco Ramírez Acuña |
December 1, 2006 |
January 15, 2008 |
Felipe Calderón |
 |
Carlos Abascal |
June 1, 2005 |
November 30, 2006 |
Vicente Fox |
 |
Santiago Creel |
December 1, 2000 |
June 1, 2005 |
Vicente Fox |
|
Diódoro Carrasco |
1999 |
November 30, 2000 |
Ernesto Zedillo |
|
Francisco Labastida |
1998 |
1999 |
Ernesto Zedillo |
|
Emilio Chuayffet |
1995 |
1998 |
Ernesto Zedillo |
|
Esteban Moctezuma |
December 1, 1994 |
1995 |
Ernesto Zedillo |
|
Jorge Carpizo McGregor |
1994 |
November 30, 1994 |
Carlos Salinas |
|
Patrocinio González Garrido |
1993 |
1994 |
Carlos Salinas |
|
Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios |
December 1, 1988 |
1993 |
Carlos Salinas |
 |
Manuel Bartlett Díaz |
December 1, 1982 |
November 30, 1988 |
Miguel de la Madrid |
|
Enrique Olivares Santana |
1978 |
November 30, 1982 |
José López Portillo |
|
Jesús Reyes Heroles |
December 1, 1976 |
1978 |
José López Portillo |
|
Mario Moya Palencia |
December 1, 1970
1969 |
November 30, 1976
1970 |
Luis Echeverría
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz |
|
Luis Echeverría |
December 1, 1964
1963 |
1969
November 30, 1964 |
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Adolfo López Mateos |
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Gustavo Díaz Ordaz |
December 1, 1958 |
1963 |
Adolfo López Mateos |
|
Angel Carvajal |
December 1, 1952 |
November 30, 1958 |
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines |
|
Ernesto P. Uruchurtu |
1951 |
1952 |
Miguel Alemán |
 |
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines |
1948 |
1951 |
Miguel Alemán |
|
Ernesto P. Uruchurtu |
1948 |
1948 |
Miguel Alemán |
|
Héctor Pérez Martínez |
1946 |
1948 |
Miguel Alemán |
|
Primo Villa Michel |
1945 |
1946 |
Manuel Ávila Camacho |
 |
Miguel Alemán Valdés |
1940 |
1945 |
Manuel Ávila Camacho |
|
Ignacio García Téllez |
1938 |
1940 |
Lázaro Cárdenas |
|
Silvestre Guerrero |
1935 |
1938 |
Lázaro Cárdenas |
|
Silvano Barba González |
1935 |
1935 |
Lázaro Cárdenas |
|
Juan de Dios Bojórquez |
1934 |
1935 |
Lázaro Cárdenas |
|
Juan D. Cabral |
1934 |
1934 |
Abelardo L. Rodríguez |
|
Narciso Bassols |
1934 |
1934 |
Abelardo L. Rodríguez |
|
Eduardo Vasconcelos |
1932 |
1934 |
Abelardo L. Rodríguez |
|
Juan José Ríos |
1932 |
1932 |
Pascual Ortiz Rubio |
|
Manuel C. Téllez |
1931 |
1932 |
Pascual Ortiz Rubio |
|
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río |
1931 |
1932 |
Pascual Ortiz Rubio |
|
Octavio Mendoza González |
1931 |
1931 |
Pascual Ortiz Rubio |
|
Carlos Riva Palacio |
1930 |
1931 |
Pascual Ortiz Rubio |
 |
Emilio Portes Gil |
1930 |
1930 |
Pascual Ortiz Rubio |
|
Felipe Canales |
December 1, 1928 |
February 4, 1930 |
Emilio Portes Gil |
|
Emilio Portes Gil |
1928 |
1928 |
Plutarco Elías Calles |
|
Gonzalo Vázquez Vela |
1928 |
1928 |
Plutarco Elías Calles |
|
Adalberto Tejeda |
1925 |
1928 |
Plutarco Elías Calles |
|
Gilberto Valenzuela |
1925 |
1925 |
Plutarco Elías Calles |
|
Romeo Ortega |
1924
1924 |
1925
1924 |
Plutarco Elías Calles
Alvaro Obregón |
|
Enrique Colunga |
1923 |
1924 |
Alvaro Obregón |
|
Gilberto Valenzuela |
1923 |
1923 |
Alvaro Obregón |
|
Plutarco Elías Calles |
1920 |
1923 |
Alvaro Obregón |
|
José Inocencio Lugo |
1920 |
1920 |
Adolfo de la Huerta |
|
Gilberto Valenzuela |
1920 |
1920 |
Adolfo de la Huerta |
|
Manuel Aguirre Berlanga |
1917 |
1920 |
Venustiano Carranza |
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