Secretariat of Economy
Ministry of Economy Secretaría de Economía | |
Established | 1917 |
Headquarters | Mexico City, Federal District |
Current Secretary | Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal |
Website | www.economia.gob.mx/en |
In Mexico, the Ministry of Economy (Spanish: Secretaría de Economía; abbreviated "SE") is the government department in charge of economic affairs. The Minister of Economy is a member of the federal executive cabinet appointed by the President of the Republic.
Until 2000 the name of the Department of Economy was Secretaría de Comercio y Fomento Industrial (SCFI) (Secretariat of Commerce and Industrial Development) but that name was changed when Vicente Fox took over the presidency of the republic.
The current Minister of Economy is Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal.