The Mexican Secretary of Tourism (, ''SECTUR'') is the

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in charge of the nation's tourism promotion and development.Official Website of Tourism
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and is a member of the federal executive cabinet. The department conducts the development policy for national tourist activity and promotes tourist development zones in conjunction with the states.

List of secretaries

* President

Luis Echeverría Luis Echeverría Álvarez (; 17 January 1922 – 8 July 2022) was a Mexican lawyer, academic, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 57th president of Mexico from 1970 to 1976. Previously, ...

** (1975–1976) : Julio Hirschfeld Almada * President

José López Portillo José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco (; 16 June 1920 – 17 February 2004) was a Mexican writer, lawyer, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 58th president of Mexico from 1976 ...

** (1976–1980) : Guillermo Rossell de la Lama ** (1980–1982) : Rosa Luz Alegría Escamilla * President

Miguel de la Madrid Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado (; 12 December 1934 – 1 April 2012) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 59th president of Mexico from 1982 to 1988. Inheriting a severe economic an ...

** (1982–1988) :

Antonio Enríquez Savignac Antonio Enríquez Savignac (born August 17, 1931 in Mexico City–d. February, 2007) was a Mexican politician who served as Secretary of Tourism (Mexico), Secretary of Tourism in the cabinet of President Miguel de la Madrid and as Secretary-Ge ...

* President

Carlos Salinas de Gortari Carlos Salinas de Gortari (; born 3 April 1948) is a Mexicans, Mexican economist, historían and former politician who served as the 60th president of Mexico from 1988 to 1994. Considered the frontman of Mexican Neoliberalism by formulating, p ...

** (1988–1990) : Carlos Hank González ** (1990–1993) : Pedro Joaquín Coldwell ** (1993–1994) :

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* President

Ernesto Zedillo Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (; born 27 December 1951) is a Mexican economist and politician. He was the 61st president of Mexico from 1994 to 2000, as the last of the uninterrupted 71-year line of Mexican presidents from the Institutional Re ...

** (1994–1997) : Silvia Hernández Enríquez ** (1997–2000) :

Óscar Espinosa Villarreal Óscar Espinosa Villarreal (born 23 November 1953) is a Mexicans, Mexican former politician who served as the List of mayors of Mexico City, Mayor of Mexico City from 1994 to 1997 and Mexico's Secretariat of Tourism, Secretary of Tourism from 1997 ...

* President

Vicente Fox Vicente Fox Quesada (; born 2 July 1942) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. After campaigning as a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist, Fox was elected president on the Nat ...

** (2000–2003) :

Leticia Navarro Bertha Leticia Navarro Ochoa (born November 10, 1953, in Colima, Colima) is a Mexican entrepreneur who served as Secretary of Tourism in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox. Navarro holds a bachelor's degree in administration from the National ...

** (2003–2006) :

Rodolfo Elizondo Torres Rodolfo Elizondo Torres (born July 18, 1946) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN. Elizondo Torres was born in Durango, and holds a bachelor's degree in administration from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education ( ...

* President

Felipe Calderón Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (; born 18 August 1962) is a Mexican politician and lawyer who served as the 63rd president of Mexico from 2006 to 2012 and Secretary of Energy during the presidency of Vicente Fox between 2003 and 2004. ...

** (2006–2010) :

** (2010–2012) : Gloria Guevara Manzo * President

Enrique Peña Nieto Enrique Peña Nieto (; born 20 July 1966), commonly referred to by his initials EPN, is a Mexican former politician and lawyer who was the 64th president of Mexico from 2012 to 2018. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he p ...

** (2012–2015) : Claudia Ruiz Massieu ** (2015–2018) :

Enrique de la Madrid Cordero Enrique Octavio de la Madrid Cordero (Mexico City, born 1 October 1962) is a Mexican lawyer, public official, columnist and politician. He is a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Biography He is the son of Paloma Cordero, forme ...

* President

Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican former politician, political scientist, public administrator and writer who served as the 65th president of Mexico from 2018 to 2024. He se ...

** (2018–2024) :

Miguel Torruco Marqués Miguel Torruco Marqués (born 19 September 1951) is an entrepreneur, academic and Mexican public official. He was the Secretary of Tourism of the Federal District from 2012 to 2017. In 2017, he became a Tourism Adviser of Andrés Manuel López ...

* President

Claudia Sheinbaum Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (born 24 June 1962) is a Mexican politician, energy and climate change scientist, and academic who has served as the 66th president of Mexico since 2024. She is the List of elected and appointed female heads of state and ...

** (2024–present) : Josefina Rodríguez Zamora

References

External links

Official Website of TourismOfficial site of the President's Cabinet
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List of secretaries

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References

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