Secretariat of Tourism

Secretariat of Tourism
Agency name	Mexico Secretariat of Tourism
Nativename	Secretaría de Turismo
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Mexico
Chief1 name	Josefina Rodríguez Zamora
Website	http://www.sectur.gob.mx/

The Mexican Secretary of Tourism (Spanish: Secretaría de Turismo, SECTUR) is the government department in charge of the nation's tourism promotion and development.^[1] The Secretary is appointed by the President of the Republic 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
- (1975–1976) : Julio Hirschfeld Almada
President José López Portillo
- (1976–1980) : Guillermo Rossell de la Lama
- (1980–1982) : Rosa Luz Alegría Escamilla
President Miguel de la Madrid
- (1982–1988) : Antonio Enríquez Savignac
President Carlos Salinas de Gortari
- (1988–1990) : Carlos Hank González
- (1990–1993) : Pedro Joaquín Coldwell
- (1993–1994) : Jesús Silva Herzog Flores
President Ernesto Zedillo
- (1994–1997) : Silvia Hernández Enríquez
- (1997–2000) : Óscar Espinosa Villarreal
President Vicente Fox
- (2000–2003) : Leticia Navarro
- (2003–2006) : Rodolfo Elizondo Torres
President Felipe Calderón^[2]
- (2006–2010) : Rodolfo Elizondo Torres
- (2010–2012) : Gloria Guevara Manzo
President Enrique Peña Nieto
- (2012–2015) : Claudia Ruiz Massieu
- (2015–2018) : Enrique de la Madrid Cordero
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
- (2018–2024) : Miguel Torruco Marqués
President Claudia Sheinbaum
- (2024–present) : Josefina Rodríguez Zamora

^ Official Website of Tourism
^ "Este fue el gabinete de Felipe Calderón" (in Spanish). www.capitalmexico.com.mx. Capital México. Feb 6, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2020.