| Secretaría de Cultura | |
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| Formed | 18 December 2015 |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Mexico |
| Headquarters | Secretaría de Cultura offices, Paseo de la Reforma,Mexico City |
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| Website | www |
TheSecretariat of Culture (Spanish:Secretaría de Cultura) — formerly known as theNational Council for Culture and Arts (Spanish:Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes or CONACULTA) before being elevated toministerial level in 2015[1] — is aMexican 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.
CONACULTA was created in 1988 as a decentralized body of theSecretariat of Public Education (Spanish:Secretaría de Educación Pública). On 18 December 2015, it was established as a separate secretariat following the passage of a law originally promoted three months earlier by PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto.
Diplomat, historian and lawyerRafael Tovar y de Teresa was the first culture secretary; he served for one year after CONACULTA's elevation to a Cabinet-level position in December 2015 until 10 December 2016, when he died in Mexico City at the age of 62.[2][3]The current culture secretary, since 2024, isClaudia Curiel de Icaza.[4]
Subsidiaries of the Secretariat of Culture include theVasconcelos Library, theNational Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), theMexican Film Institute (IMCINE), theNational Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and theNational Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBA).
Upon its creation, the Secretariat of Culture took control of CONACULTA's television stationCanal 22, seen on air in Mexico City and relayed by 25SPR transmitters, as well asRadio Educación, which had previously been part of the SEP. Both stations transmit cultural and educational content.
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