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Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)
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| Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores | |
| Incumbent: |  Patricia Espinosa Patricia Espinosa Cantellano is a Mexican diplomat. She is a former ambassador to Austria, Germany, Slovenia and Slovakia and currently serves as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón.... |
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In Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores) is a member of the federal executive cabinet
Mexican Executive Cabinet
The cabinet of Mexico is the Executive Cabinet and is a part of the executive branch of the Mexican government. It consists of eighteen Secretaries of State, the head of the federal executive legal office and the Attorney General....
with responsibility for implementing the country's foreign policy. The secretary is appointed by the President of the Republic
President of Mexico
The President of the United Mexican States is the head of state and government of Mexico. Under the Constitution, the president is also the Supreme Commander of the Mexican armed forces...
and heads the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores or SRE). The Secretary of Foreign Affairs is Patricia Espinosa
Patricia Espinosa
Patricia Espinosa Cantellano is a Mexican diplomat. She is a former ambassador to Austria, Germany, Slovenia and Slovakia and currently serves as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón....
.
This position is analogous to the foreign minister
Foreign minister
A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
s of other nations.
Secretaries of Foreign Affairs
- Enrique Creel Cuilty 1910–1911
- Francisco León de la BarraFrancisco León de la BarraFrancisco León de la Barra y Quijano was a Mexican political figure and diplomat, who served as interim president of Mexico from May 25 to November 6, 1911....
1911, 1913 - Victoriano Salado ÁlvarezVictoriano Salado ÁlvarezVictoriano Salado Álvarez was a Mexican writer, a prominent figure on the debate about Modernism in Mexican literature. Ha also was the Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Mexico in 1911.-Biography:He was born in Teocaltiche in 1867...
1911 - Bartolomé Carvajal y Rosas 1911
- Manuel Calero y Sierra 1911–1912
- Pedro Lascuráin Paredes 1912–1913
- Federico Gamboa Iglesias 1913
- Francisco Escudero 1913
- Querido Moheno Tabares 1913–1914
- José López Portillo y RojasJosé López Portillo y RojasJosé López Portillo y Rojas , born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, was a Mexican lawyer, politician and man-of-letters. He served as Governor of Jalisco in 1911 and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in 1914 for coup d'état leader and brief mexican president Victoriano Huerta, during the U.S. occupation of...
1914 - Francisco S. CarvajalFrancisco S. CarvajalFrancisco Sebastián Carvajal y Gual was a Mexican lawyer and politician who served briefly as president in 1914. In his role as foreign minister, he succeeded Victoriano Huerta as president upon the latter's resignation.Born in 1870 in Campeche, Carvajal studied jurisprudence...
1914 - Ignacio Borrego 1915
- Cándido Aguilar 1916, 1916–1917, 1918
- Miguel Covarrubias Acosta 1920
- Cutberto Hidalgo Téllez 1920–1921
- Alberto J. Pani Arteaga 1921-1924
- Aarón Sáenz GarzaAarón Sáenz GarzaAarón Sáenz Garza was a Mexican politician. He was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León.Sáenz Garza served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs during Calles' time as President and continuously defended the Calles Administration's decision to cut oil to the United States when US Secretary of State Frank...
1924–1927 - Genaro EstradaGenaro EstradaGenaro Estrada was a Mexican statesman, academic, and writer.Estrada was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. He served as a journalist in Mazatlán early in life, then moved to Mexico City in 1912, where he was professor at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria and entered the capital's cultural and political...
1930–1932 - Manuel C. Téllez 1932
- José Manuel Puig Casauranc 1933–1934
- Emilio Portes GilEmilio Portes GilEmilio Cándido Portes Gil was President of Mexico from 1928 to 1930.-Biography:Portes Gil was born in Ciudad Victoria, the capital of the state of Tamaulipas in northeast Mexico....
1934–1935 - Eduardo Hay 1935–1940
- Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza 1940–1945
- Francisco Castillo NájeraFrancisco Castillo NájeraFrancisco Castillo Nájera was a Mexican diplomat and politician. He was president of the Assembly of League of Nations from 1934 to 1935, ambassador to China and the United States, and Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 1945 to 1946.-References:...
1945–1946 - Jaime Torres BodetJaime Torres BodetJaime Torres Bodet was a prominent Mexican politician and writer who served in the executive cabinet of three Presidents of Mexico....
1946–1951 - Manuel Tello BaurraudManuel Tello BaurraudManuel Tello Baurraud was a Mexican diplomat who represented his country at the League of Nations and served twice as Secretary of Foreign Affairs; first in the cabinet of President Miguel Alemán Valdés and years later in the cabinet of Adolfo López Mateos...
1951–1952 - Luis Padilla NervoLuis Padilla NervoLuis Padilla Nervo , Mexican politician and diplomat. He was the first Mexican Ambassador at the United Nations, Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the Sixth Session of United Nations General Assembly.- Biography :He studied Law at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, also he had...
1952–1958 - Manuel Tello BaurraudManuel Tello BaurraudManuel Tello Baurraud was a Mexican diplomat who represented his country at the League of Nations and served twice as Secretary of Foreign Affairs; first in the cabinet of President Miguel Alemán Valdés and years later in the cabinet of Adolfo López Mateos...
1958–1964 - José GorostizaJosé Gorostiza' was a Mexican poet, educator, and diplomat. For his achievements in the poetic arts, he was made a member of the .-Biography: was born in the riverine city of , then known as , to and . His younger brother would also become an important artist. He moved to Mexico City to attend the National...
1964 - Antonio Carrillo FloresAntonio Carrillo FloresAntonio Carrillo Flores was a Mexican statesman, born in Mexico City. He was the second son of composer Julián Carrillo Trujillo....
1964–1970 - Emilio Óscar RabasaEmilio Óscar RabasaEmilio Óscar Rabasa Mishkin was an Mexican politician, diplomat and academic.-Early Life:Rabasa Mishkin was born in Mexico City, the son of Oscar Rabasa, a distinguished Mexican diplomat, and Mrs. Lillian Mishkin, and grandson of constitutional lawyer, poet, and one-time Governor of Chiapas Emilio...
1970–1975 - Alfonso García RoblesAlfonso García RoblesAlfonso García Robles was a Mexican diplomat and politician who, in conjunction with Sweden's Alva Myrdal, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982....
1975–1976 - Santiago Roel García 1976–1979
- Jorge Castañeda y Álvarez 1979–1982
- Bernardo Sepúlveda AmorBernardo Sepúlveda AmorBernardo Sepúlveda Amor is a Mexican jurist, politician, and diplomat.-Biography:He was born in Mexico City, where he studied law at the National Autonomous University...
1982–1988 - Fernando Solana Morales 1988–1993
- Manuel Camacho SolísManuel Camacho SolísManuel Camacho Solís is a Mexican politician who served in the cabinets of presidents Miguel de la Madrid and Carlos Salinas...
1993–1994 - Manuel Tello Macías 1994
- José Ángel GurríaJosé Ángel GurríaJosé Ángel Gurría Treviño is a Mexican economist and diplomat. He is the current secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development since June 1, 2006....
1994–1998 - María del Rosario Green MacíasRosario GreenMaría del Rosario Green Macías is a Mexican economist, diplomat and politician.She is a former Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Ernesto Zedillo María del Rosario Green Macías (b. 1941 in Mexico City) is a Mexican economist, diplomat and politician.She is a former Secretary of...
1998–2000 - Jorge Germán Castañeda Gutman 2000–2003
- Luis Ernesto Derbez BautistaLuis Ernesto DerbezLuis Ernesto Derbez Bautista is a Mexican politician and current rector of the Universidad de Las Américas.Upon assuming power in December 2000, President Vicente Fox chose him to serve as his Secretary of Economy...
2003–2006 - Patricia Espinosa CantellanoPatricia EspinosaPatricia Espinosa Cantellano is a Mexican diplomat. She is a former ambassador to Austria, Germany, Slovenia and Slovakia and currently serves as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón....
2006–present