Secretariat of Agrarian Reform

Secretariat of Agrarian Reform
Secretaría de la Reforma Agraria
Official seal and emblem
Agency overview
Formed1970
Dissolution 2013
Superseding agency
JurisdictionFederal government of Mexico
HeadquartersMexico City
Employees800 (2006)
Annual budgetUS$387 million (2019)
Agency executive
  • Jorge Carlos Ramirez Martín, Secretary
Websitewww.gob.mx/sra

The Mexican Secretariat of Agrarian Reform (Spanish: Secretaría de la Reforma Agraria, SRA) was a Secretariat in the cabinet of Mexico. It was created under the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration, where Article 41 corresponds to the exercise of the functions and powers expressly stated in Article 27 of the Constitution of Mexico, which establishes the right of farm workers to own the land they work on.

By 2013, the Secretariat of Agrarian Reform was replaced by the Secretariat of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development.

Organization chart

To carry out these functions, the Agrarian Reform Secretariat has the following units:

  • Undersecretariat for Rural Property Management
  • Undersecretariat for Sector Policy
  • Legal Affairs Unit

Decentralized administrative bodies and entities

To carry out these functions, the Secretariat has the following units:

  • National Agrarian Registry
  • Agrarian Attorney's Office
  • National Trust Fund for Popular Rooms
  • National Land Development Fund Trust
  • Commission for the Regularization of Land Tenure
  • National Housing Commission
  • Support Fund for Unregulated Agrarian Nuclei

List of secretaries of agrarian reform of Mexico

  • Government of Ernesto Zedillo (1994–2000)
    • (1994–1995): Miguel Limón Rojas
    • (1995–1999): Arturo Warman Gryj
    • (1999–2000): Eduardo Robledo Rincón

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