Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources | |
Native Name: | Spanish; Castilian: Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales |
Jurisdiction: | Mexico |
Headquarters: | Av. Ejército Nacional Mexicano 223, Anáhuac I Secc, Miguel Hidalgo, 11320 Mexico City |
Budget: | $70,245,482,469 MXN (2023)[1] |
Chief1 Name: | María Luisa Albores |
Chief1 Position: | Secretary |
Child4 Agency: | National Forestry Commission |
The Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (in Spanish: Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, SEMARNAT) is Mexico's environment ministry. Its head, the Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, is a member of the federal executive cabinet and is appointed by the President of Mexico. In September 2020, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador appointed María Luisa Albores González as Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, the third person to occupy the post since López Obrador became President less than two years earlier in December 2018.
The Secretariat is charged with the mission of protecting, restoring, and conserving the ecosystems, natural resources, assets and environmental services of Mexico with the goal of fostering sustainable development.
The Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources of México is the Secretary of State to which, according to Law of Federal Public Administration in its Article 32a, corresponds to the release of the following functions:
To carry out these functions, the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources has the following Undersecretaries:
These Undersecretaries are then charged with the operation of the following units of the SEMARNAT:
Secretary | Years of Appointment | |
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Secretariat of Fisheries (SEPESCA) | ||
Fernando Rafful Miguel | 1982 | |
Pedro Ojeda Paullada | 1982–1988 | |
María de los Angeles Moreno | 1988–1991 | |
Guillermo Jiménez Morales | 1991–1994 | |
Secretariat of the Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries (SEMARNAP) | ||
Julia Carabias Lillo | 1994–2000 | |
Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) | ||
Víctor Lichtinger | December 1, 2000 – June 23, 2003 | |
Alberto Cárdenas Jiménez[2] | June 23, 2003 – 2005 | |
José Luis Luege Tamargo | 2005–November 30, 2006 | |
Juan Rafael Elvira Quezada[3] | December 1, 2006 – November 30, 2012 | |
Juan José Guerra Abud | December 1, 2012 – August 27, 2015 | |
Rafael Pacchiano Alamán | August 27, 2015 – November 30, 2018 | |
Josefa González Blanco Ortiz Mena | December 1, 2018 – May 25, 2019 | |
Víctor Manuel Toledo | May 27, 2019 — September 2, 2020 | |
María Luisa Albores | September 2, 2020 – present[4] |