page_title: Cabinet of Mexico
section_title: Constitutional and legal basis
hierarchical_section_title: Cabinet of Mexico / Constitutional and legal basis
caption_attribution_description: English: Meeting of the cabinet of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto
context_page_description: The cabinet of Mexico is the Executive Cabinet and is a part of the executive branch of the Mexican government. It consists of nineteen Secretaries of State, the head of the federal executive legal office and the Attorney General.
  In addition to the legal Executive Cabinet there are other Cabinet-level administration offices that report directly to the President of the Republic. Officials from the legal and extended Cabinet are subordinate to the President.
context_section_description: The term "Cabinet" does not appear in the Constitution, where reference is made only to the Secretaries of State.   Article 89 of the Constitution provides that the President of Mexico can assign and remove Secretaries of State.
  The Executive Cabinet does not play a collective legislative or executive role (as do the Cabinets in parliamentary systems). The main interaction that Cabinet members have with the legislative branch are regular testimonials before Congressional committees to justify their actions, and coordinate executive and legislative policy in their respective fields of jurisdiction.
caption: Meeting of the cabinet of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto
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