Secretariat of Culture
Secretaría de Cultura | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 18 December 2015 |
Preceding agency |
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Jurisdiction | Government of Mexico |
Headquarters | Secretaría de Cultura offices, Paseo de la Reforma,Mexico City |
Ministers responsible |
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Website | gob.mx/cultura |
TheSecretariat of Culture(Spanish:Secretaría de Cultura), formerly known as theNational Council for Culture and Arts(Spanish:Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artesor CONACULTA), is aMexican governmentagency 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 theSecretariat 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 PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto.
Diplomat, historian and lawyerRafael Tovar y de Teresawas 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.[1][2]
Subsidiaries
[edit]Subsidiaries of the Secretariat of Culture include theBiblioteca Vasconcelos,the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), theInstituto Mexicano de Cinematografía,theInstituto Nacional de Antropología e HistoriaandInstituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura.
Broadcasting
[edit]Upon its creation, the Secretariat of Culture took control of CONACULTA's television stationCanal 22,seen on air in Mexico City and relayed by 25SPRtransmitters, as well asRadio Educación,which had previously been part of the SEP. Both stations transmit cultural and educational content.
References
[edit]- ^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).Retrieved2016-12-10.
- ^"Perfil: Rafael Tovar y de Teresa, primer secretario de cultura".El Universal (Mexico City)(in Spanish). 2016-12-10.Retrieved2016-12-10.
External links
[edit]- Secretaría de Cultura (official website)—(in Spanish)