Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit

Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit
Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público
Logo of the mexican Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit
Agency overview
Formed 1821
Headquarters Palacio Nacional, Plaza de la Constitución s/n, Col. Centro, Deleg. Cuauhtémoc. Ciudad de México
Annual budget $27.4 billion (FY 2010)
Agency executive José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, Secretary of Finance and Public Credit
Website
[http://www.schp.gob.mx/

The Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público or SHCP) is Mexico's finance ministry. The Secretary of Finance and Public Credit is a member of the federal executive cabinet and is appointed by the President of the Republic.

In Mexico the Secretary of Finance is the head of the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit. This position is analogous to the Secretary of the Treasury in the United States of America or to the finance ministers of other nations.

The current Secretary of Finance is Ernesto J. Cordero replacing Agustín Carstens Carstens who started as the Secretary at the beginning of Felipe Calderón's presidency.

Secretaries of Finance and Public Credit since 1893

References

  1. ^ a b Gould, Jens; Martínez, Andrés (2009-12-09). "Calderon Nominates Carstens for Mexico Central Bank". Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aGAA7ahBlANk. Retrieved 9 December 2009. 

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