Secretariat of Culture

Mexican government agency

For the Argentine secretariat, see Secretariat of Culture (Argentina).

Secretariat of CultureSecretaría de Cultura

Agency overview
Formed| 18 December 2015
Preceding agency|

* National Council for Culture and Arts (CONACULTA)

Jurisdiction| Government of Mexico
Headquarters| Secretaría de Cultura offices, Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City
Ministers responsible|

* Claudia Curiel de Icaza, Secretary
* Rafael Tovar y de Teresa, Inaugural holder

Website| www.gob.mx/cultura

The Secretariat of Culture (Spanish: Secretaría de Cultura) — formerly known as the National Council for Culture and Arts (Spanish: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes or CONACULTA) before being elevated to ministerial level in 2015[1] — is a Mexican government agency in charge of the nation's museums and monuments, promoting and protecting the arts (visual, plastic, theatrical, musical, dance, architectural, literary, televisual and cinematographic), and managing the national archives.

It was created in 1988 and was a decentralized body of the Secretariat of Public Education (Spanish: Secretaría de Educación Pública). On December 18, 2015, CONACULTA was elevated to a secretariat following the passage of a law originally promoted three months earlier by President Enrique Peña Nieto.

Diplomat, historian and lawyer Rafael Tovar y de Teresa was the first culture secretary; in office for one year since CONACULTA was elevated to a Cabinet-level position in December 2015 until 10 December 2016, when Tovar y de Teresa died in Mexico city at the age of 62.[2][3]

## Subsidiaries

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The Luis Spota Saavedra Art Education Center located on Londres Street in Colonia Juárez in Mexico City.

Subsidiaries of the Secretariat of Culture include the Biblioteca Vasconcelos, the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), the Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia and Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura.

## Broadcasting

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Upon its creation, the Secretariat of Culture took control of CONACULTA's television station Canal 22, seen on air in Mexico City and relayed by 25 SPR transmitters, as well as Radio Educación, which had previously been part of the SEP. Both stations transmit cultural and educational content.

## References

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1. ^ "Adiós Conaculta, hola Secretaría de Cultura". Academia Mexicana de la Lengua. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
2. ^ Ampudia, Mariana (2016-12-10). "El secretario de Cultura Rafael Tovar y de Teresa murió la madrugada de este sábado, a los 62 años de edad". El Economista (Mexico) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-12-10.
3. ^ "Perfil: Rafael Tovar y de Teresa, primer secretario de cultura". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2016-12-10.

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