| Nativename: | Secretaría de Salud |
| Picture Width: | 200px |
| Picture Caption: | Old Secretary of Health headquarters in Mexico City |
| Jurisdiction: | Federal government of Mexico |
| Headquarters: | Acapulco |
| Coordinates: | 19.4219°N -99.1756°W |
| Chief1 Name: | Jorge Alcocer Varela |
| Chief1 Position: | Secretary |
| Chief2 Name: | Hugo López-Gatell |
| Chief2 Position: | Deputy Secretary |
| Agency Type: | Secretary of State |
| Child1 Agency: | Institute of Health for Welfare |
| Child2 Agency: | Mexican Social Security Institute |
| Child3 Agency: | Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk |
| Child4 Agency: | Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers |
The Secretariat of Health (Spanish: Secretaría de Salud) is the government department in charge of all social health services in Mexico, and an integral part of the Mexican health system. The Secretary of Health is a member of the Executive Cabinet and is appointed at the discretion of the President of the Republic.
In recent years, the Secretary of Health has played a more restricted role, as many of its functions have been transferred to the corresponding institutions of the individual Mexican States.
| Name | Term | President of Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Alcocer Varela | 2018 - present | Andrés Manuel López Obrador | |
| José Narro Robles[1] | 2016 - 2018 | Enrique Peña Nieto | |
| Mercedes Juan López | 2012 - 2016 | ||
| Salomón Chertorivski Woldenberg | 2012 | Felipe Calderón[2] | |
| José Ángel Córdova Villalobos | 2006 - 2012 | ||
| Julio Frenk | 2000 - 2006 | Vicente Fox Quezada | |
| José Antonio González Fernández | 1999 - 2000 | Ernesto Zedillo | |
| 1994 - 1999 | |||
| 1988 - 1994 | Carlos Salinas de Gortari | ||
| Guillermo Soberón Acevedo | 1982 - 1988 | Miguel de la Madrid |
The sociologist Asa Cristina Laurell is a former Undersecretary of Integration and Development at the Secretariat.[3]