Secretary of the Interior (Mexico)

The Secretary of the Interior (Segob, officially SEGOB) is one of the nineteen secretariats of State that, together with the Legal Department of the Federal Executive, they make up the legal cabinet of the president of Mexico. It is the office of the federal executive branch with functions of the Ministry of the Interior.

He is in charge of coordinating the rest of the cabinet and its components to comply with the guidelines established by the president; monitor compliance with constitutional precepts; deliver the legislative proposals and the written government report to the Congress of the Union on behalf of the head of the executive branch; disseminate through the Official Gazette of the Federation, and other media, the content of the regulations that emanate from the three powers of the union; address domestic policy issues by conducting relations between the Executive Branch and the chambers of Senators and Deputies, the Judiciary, the governments of the federal entities, municipal authorities, autonomous bodies, and political and civil society groups; and design, plan, execute and coordinate public policies regarding civil protection, national security, migration, institutions of worship, games and raffles, content in media and entertainment, and social inclusion.

Its most direct antecedent was the Secretary of State and the Office of Foreign and Interior Relations, founded on November 8, 1821. It was not until 1867 that it acquired its current name, although during the period of post-revolutionary transition it was once again called Department of the Interior. Its holder, the Secretary of the Interior, is the position determined by the current constitution to provisionally occupy the Presidency of the Republic, in the event of temporary or absolute absence of the head of the executive power.

Logos

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  Logo during the presidency of Felipe Calderón (2006-2012)

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  Logo during the presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto (2012-2018)

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  Logo during the presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024)

History

Since Mexico became an independent country in 1821, the first governments that emerged established offices of ministers for the better exercise of government. The first model of government chosen by Mexicans was that of a monarchical regime during the period known as the First Mexican Empire. In this regime, four administrative agencies known as "Secretaries of State and Office" were created, these secretariats were:

• I) From the Interior and Foreign Affairs
• II) Justice and Ecclesiastical Business
• III. Finance
• IV) War and Marina.

The first of them was the first entity administered by the Ministry of the Interior in independent Mexico. Said Secretariat of the Interior and Foreign Relations had the following functions:

«all the diplomatic relations of the foreign courts; as well as of the Post Office, of the compositions of roads, highways, bridges and others [...] and of all that is purely of state.»

Provisional Regulation of Regency. 18 November 1821.

with the change of political model to Republican Mexico retained the structure of State Secretariats that in some regulations were called interchangeably " Secretariats " O " Ministries ". In 1836 with the seven laws, the Foreign Relations function separated from that of internal government being responsible for an Interior Minister, but the functions would coincide again in a single administrative entity.

Antonio López de Santa Anna resumed the separation model between internal and external functions, creating two secretariats, one for each function. In 1856 this administrative figure would change its name for that of the Ministry of the Interior that then with Juarez would be the Secretary of State and the Office of the Interior .

After the Mexican Revolution, with the creation of the Constitution of 1917 and after being for a brief period the Department of Interior of the Secretariat of State , on 25 December 1917, the Secretariat of the Interior is created with said denomination, being its first holder Manuel Aguirre Berlanga.

Functions

According to the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration in its Article 27 it is responsible for the dispatch of the following functions:

• I. Coordinate, by agreement of the President of the Republic, the Secretaries of State and other officials of the Federal Civil Service to ensure compliance with the orders and agreements of the Owner of the Federal Executive. To that end, it shall convene the Cabinet Meetings by agreement of the President of the Republic; it shall agree with the headlines of the State Secretariats, deconcentrated bodies and parastatals of the actions necessary for such compliance, and shall require the corresponding reports;
• II. To present to the Congress of the Union the initiatives of the law or decree of the Executive; and, where appropriate, to communicate the formal signaling of the President of the Republic of the preferential nature of up to two of the initiatives that have been presented in previous periods when they are pending judgments;
• III. Manage the Official Journal of the Federation and publish the laws and decrees of the Congress of the Union, of either of the two Chambers or of the Permanent Commission, as well as the regulations issued by the President of the Republic, in terms of the provisions of section I of article 89 of the Constitution and article 72 B of the Constitution, and the resolutions and provisions to be issued by law in that medium of official dissemination;
• IV. Compile and systematize laws, international treaties, regulations, decrees, federal, state and municipal agreements and provisions, as well as establish the corresponding data bank, in order to provide information through electronic data systems;
• V. Intervene in appointments, approvals, designations, dismissals, resignations and retirements of public servants not expressly assigned by law to other executive units;
• VI. To process the exercise of the powers granted to the Federal Executive by articles 96, 98 and 100 of the Constitution, on appointments, resignations and licences of the Ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Councillors of the Federal Judiciary;
• VII. Carrying out the autographs of federal officials and state governors and legalizing their signatures;
• VIII. Drive, provided that this authority is not conferred to another Secretariat, the relations of the Executive Power with the other branches of the Union, with the autonomous constitutional bodies, with the governments of the federative entities and the municipalities and with the other federal and local authorities, as well as provide official information from the Federal Executive. It also leads, within its competence, the political relations of the executive branch with national political parties and groups, with social organizations, with religious associations and other social institutions;
• IX. To translate the relations of the Federal Government with the Federal Court of Conciliation and Arbitration of Workers into the State Service;
• X. To translate the internal policy that complies with the Executive and is not expressly attributed to another unit as well as to foster political development; to contribute to the strengthening of democratic institutions; to promote the active participation of citizens, except in electoral matters; to promote conditions that permit the construction of political agreements and social consensus so that, in the terms of the Constitution and laws, the conditions of national unity, social cohesion, strengthening of institutions of government and democratic governance are maintained;
• X Bis. Design, implement, develop, propose, promote and publicize institutional programmes and tools for the advice, training and ongoing training of members of the municipalities, as well as municipal officials and employees as depositaries of public functions and services, in order to contribute effectively to the professionalization of local governments and the institutional development of Mexican municipalities;
• XI. To monitor the implementation of constitutional provisions by the authorities of the country; to coordinate with civil society organizations, work and work to promote and defend human rights and to follow up on the recommendations issued by the relevant agencies; and to provide the necessary administrative measures for this purpose;
• XII. Formulate and implement policies, programmes and actions aimed at ensuring the public security of the Nation and its inhabitants; propose to the Federal Executive the criminal policy and measures that guarantee the consistency of it among the units of the Federal Civil Service; assist in the prevention of crime; exercise command over the public force to protect the population against all types of threats and risks, subject to the full protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms; safeguard the integrity and freedoms of the public;
• XIII. Presiding the National Public Security Council in the absence of the President of the Republic;
• XIII bis. Propose actions to ensure coordination between the Federation, the Federal District, the States and the municipalities within the framework of the National Public Security System; propose to the National Public Security Council policies and guidelines in the field of Police Careers, the Master Programme for Police Professionalization, the criteria for establishing academies and institutes for this purpose, the development of academic coordination programmes and the guidelines for the implementation of the procedures in the field of police discipline;
• XIV. Presiding the National Conference of Public Security Secretaries, appointing and removing its Technical Secretary and appointing both the chairperson and the technical secretary of the National Prison System Conference, within the framework of the National Public Security System;
• XV. Organizing, directing and supervising the Federal Police, ensuring the honest performance of its staff and implementing its disciplinary regime, with the aim of safeguarding the integrity and heritage of individuals and preventing the commission of crimes of the federal order;
• XVI. To propose to the President of the Republic the appointment of the National Security Commissioner and the Executive Secretary of the National Public Security System, in the terms of the final paragraph of this article;
• XVII. Propose within the National Council for Public Security, policies, actions and strategies for coordination in crime prevention and criminal policy for the entire national territory; and undertake, in coordination with the Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic, studies on unreported criminal acts and incorporate this variable in the design of crime prevention policies;
• XVIII. Assistant to the competent federal, state, municipal and federal authorities, to seek support within the framework of the National Public Security System, in the protection of the physical integrity of persons and the preservation of their property; to strengthen, upon request, the police and security task of the municipalities and urban and localities that require it, to intervene in situations of danger when threatened by those that involve violence or imminent risk; to promote the holding of federal agreements;
• XIX. Assistant to the Judiciary of the Federation and the Office of the Procurator-General of the Republic, where required, for the proper exercise of its functions, as well as to other units, government bodies, federal entities and municipalities; and where required, the Attorney-General of the Republic in the investigation and prosecution of the offences, in which case the police bodies acting in their assistance shall be subject to the command and conduct of the Public Prosecutor ' s Office; s office;
• XX. To propose to the National Council for Public Security the development of policies aimed at preventing crime and reconstituteing the social fabric of communities affected by recurrent or widespread crime phenomena, and to implement them in coordination with the competent federal, state and municipal authorities; to promote citizen participation in the formulation of plans and programmes for the prevention of federal crimes and, through the National Public Security System, in the crimes of the common jurisdiction; to promote and facilitate the social participation of the development
• XXI. To participate in the comprehensive care of victims and to assist in the conclusion of cooperation agreements with other public and private sector institutions for the better implementation of this attribution;
• XXII. Design, update and publish a specific e-page in which the general data of women and girls reported missing throughout the country are recorded. The information should be public and allow the general population to provide information on the whereabouts of missing women and girls. This page should be updated permanently;
• XXIII. Execute penalties for offences of the federal order and administer the federal prison and juvenile justice system, in terms of the relevant special policy and with strict respect to human rights, as well as organize and direct the activities of support for release;
• XXIV. To participate, in accordance with the respective treaties, in the transfer of the prisoners referred to in the seventh paragraph of article 18 of the Constitution;
• XXV. Encouraging through its incumbent, as Executive Secretary of the National Security Council, the effective coordination of the National Security Council, as well as the conclusion of conventions and partnerships agreed upon by the National Security Council;
• XXVI. Establish and operate a system of research and information, which contributes to the preservation of the integrity, stability and permanence of the Mexican State and to contribute to the Executive of the Union, to support national unity, to preserve social cohesion and to strengthen government institutions;
• XXVII. Coordinate, operate and promote the continuous improvement of the criminal information, reporting and data registry system; develop policies, standards and systems for the proper permanent supply and exchange of information in the field of public safety among the competent authorities; and establish a system to obtain, analyse, study and process information for the prevention of crimes, through methods that guarantee strict respect for human rights;
• XXVIII. Establish mechanisms and bodies for the comprehensive coordination of public and police security tasks and bodies, as well as for the comprehensive analysis and systematization of public security and national security research and information within the framework of the National Public Security System;
• XXIX. Coordinate and establish mechanisms for timely public and national security information, as well as the criminal and preventive scope that this Secretariat requires relevant units and agencies in such matters, for the proper fulfilment of the powers established by law;
• XXX. Report to the Federal Legislative Power on matters of its competence in the field of national security.
• XXXI. To grant authorizations to companies providing private security services in two or more federal entities, to monitor their operation and to report regularly to the National Public Security System on the exercise of this attribution;
• XXXII. To conduct and implement, in coordination with the authorities of the state governments, the Federal District, municipal governments, and with the units and entities of the Federal Public Administration, the policies and programmes of civil protection of the Executive, within the framework of the National Civil Protection System, for the prevention, assistance, recovery and support of the population in disaster situations and to engage with institutions and agencies of the private and social sectors, actions leading to the same objective;
• XXXIII. Formulate and direct migration policy, as well as monitor the country ' s borders and entry points through land, sea or air, guaranteeing freedom of transit in terms of law, in coordination with the other competent authorities;
• XXXIV. Processing the application of article 33 of the Constitution;
• XXXV. Manage the islands of federal jurisdiction, except those whose administration corresponds, by provision of the law, to another unit or entity of the Federal Civil Service. In the islands covered by this fraction, they shall govern federal laws and treaties; they shall be competent to hear disputes arising from federal courts with greater geographical proximity;
• XXXVI. Formulate and conduct population policy, except for colonization, human settlements and tourism, as well as manage the national personal identification service, in terms of applicable laws;
• XXXVII. To monitor compliance with constitutional and legal provisions on public worship, churches, religious groups and associations;
• XXXVIII. Regular, authorizing and monitoring the game, bets, lotteries and riffraff, in the terms of the relevant laws;
• XXXIX. Formulate, regulate and conduct the social communication policy of the Federal Government and relations with the mass media, as well as guide, authorize, coordinate, monitor and evaluate the social communication programmes of the Federal Public Sector units;
• XL. To ensure that printed publications and radio and television broadcasts, as well as film films and video games, are kept within the limits of respect for private life, peace and public morals, personal dignity and the best interests of children, and do not attack the rights of third parties, or provoke the commission of any crime or disrupt public order;
• XLI. Encouraging public policies and monitoring programmes that strengthen social inclusion and equality through strategies and actions that help prevent and eliminate discrimination;
• XLII. Fix the official calendar; and
• XLIII. Others who expressly attribute the laws and regulations to you.
  • In the exercise of the powers referred to in Parts XII, XIII Bis, XIV, XV, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX and XXXI of this Article, the Secretary of the Interior shall assist the National Security Commissioner, without prejudice to the direct exercise of such powers. The Executive Secretary of the National Public Security System will be appointed by the Chief Executive Officer with the ratification of the Senate of the Republic

Organization

See also: Annex: Organization of the federal administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador

The organic structure of the Ministry of the Interior is determined by the General Organization Manual:

• Secretary
  • Under-Secretary of Government
    • Internal Policy and Information Analysis Unit
      • General Directorate of Analysis and Prospective for Internal Policy
      • General Directorate of Assessment of Government Scenarios
    • Unit for the Care of Social Organizations
    • Government unit
      • Dirección General Regional Sureste
      • Directorate General Regional Centre and Northeast
      • Northwest Regional General Directorate and West
      • General Directorate of Liaison and Monitoring
    • Liaison Unit
      • General Directorate of Legislative Information
      • General Directorate of Legislative Studies
    • Communication Media Standards Unit
      • General Directorate of Printed Media
      • General Directorate of Communication Normativity
      • General Directorate of Radio, Television and Cinematography
      • General Directorate of Games and Drawings
    • General Unit for Legal Affairs
      • General Directorate of Consultative and Contracts and Conventions
      • General Directorate of Disputes
      • General Directorate of Constitutional Procedures
  • Under-Secretary for Human Rights, Population and Migration
    • Migration Policy Unit, Registration and Identity of Persons
      • General Directorate of the National Register of Population and Identity
    • Human Rights Unit
      • General Directorate for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists
      • Directorate-General for Public Human Rights Policy
      • Directorate-General for Human Rights Strategies
    • Commission for Dialogue with Indigenous Peoples of Mexico
    • Justice System Support Unit
      • Directorate-General for Reconciliation and Justice
      • General Directorate for the Strengthening of High Courts and State Attorneys
  • Undersecretariat for Democratic Development, Social Participation and Religious Affairs
    • Citizenship and Social Participation Unit
      • General Directorate of Citizenship Construction and Social Participation
      • Directorate-General for Inter-Agency Coordination
    • Democratic Development Unit
      • Directorate-General for Democratic Culture and Civic Development
      • General Directorate of Linking with Civil Society Organizations
    • Unity of Religious Affairs, Prevention and Reconstruction of the Social Fabric
      • General Directorate of Religious Affairs
      • Directorate-General for Social Prevention and Reconstruction of Social Fabric
    • Management and Finance Unit
      • General Directorate of Human Resources
      • General Directorate of Material Resources and General Services
      • General Directorate for Programme and Budget
      • General Directorate of Information and Communications Technologies

Deconcentrated Bodies, Administrative and Entities

Entities of the Ministry of the Interior

Type	Agency
Deconcentrated agencies	National Institute for Federalism and Municipal Development (Inafed)
	National Migration Institute (Inami)
	National Commission to Prevent and Eradicate Violence against Women (Conavim)
	National Commission for the Search of Persons (CNB)
	National Population Council (Conapo)
	Coordination for the Comprehensive Care of Migration in the Southern Border (CAIMFS)
	Mexican Commission for Assistance to Refugees (Comar)
	National System for the Comprehensive Protection of Children and Adolescents (Sipinna)
Decentralized agencies	National Council for the Prevention of Discrimination (Conapred)
	Graphical Workshops of Mexico

Address

The Ministry of the Interior has its headquarters in the building known as Casa Cobián or Palacio de Cobián, former home of the Spanish cotton businessman Feliciano Cobián Fernández del Valle.

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