The Attorney General of the Republic is the head of the Attorney General's Office (; prior to 2019, ) and the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office of the United Mexican States, an institution belonging to the Federal Government's constitutional autonomous organism that is responsible for the investigation and prosecution of federal crimes.

The office is governed mainly by article 102 of the 1917 Constitution and the Organic Law of the Attorney General's Office ().

Organization The Attorney General's Office is organized into several subordinate entities, including eight Specialized Prosecutor Offices (Competition Control, Regional Control, Organized Crime, Election-related Crimes, Corruption, Human Rights, Crimes of Violence against Women and Human Trafficking, and Internal Affairs), Criminal Investigation Agency (Federal Ministerial Police, General Coordination of Expert Services (CGSP) and the National Center for Planning, Analysis and Information for Combating Crime (CENAPI)), Specialized Body for Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms, Administrative office and Internal control organ.

List of attorneys general 21st century Ernestina Godoy Ramos (3 December 2025 – present) Ernestina Godoy Ramos (27 November 2025 – 2 December 2025; interim) Alejandro Gertz Manero (1 December 2018 – 27 November 2025) Alberto Elías Beltrán (16 October 2017 – 30 November 2018) Raúl Cervantes Andrade (26 October 2016 – 16 October 2017) Arely Gómez González (27 February 2015 – 26 October 2016) Jesús Murillo Karam (4 December 2012 – 27 February 2015) Marisela Morales (1 April 2011 – 4 December 2012) Arturo Chávez (24 September 2009 – 31 March 2011) Eduardo Medina Mora (1 December 2006 – 7 September 2009) Daniel Cabeza de Vaca (28 April 2005 – 30 November 2006) Rafael Macedo de la Concha (1 December 2000 – 27 April 2005)

20th century +Attorneys general (1900–2000) Name Term of office Rafael Rebollar 1900–1911 Manuel Castelazo Fuentes 1911–1911 Adolfo Valles 1911–1913 Francisco Modesto de Olaguíbel 1914–1914 Vicente Castro 1914 Pascual Morales y Molina 1916–1917 Pablo A. de la Garza 1917–1918 Carlos Salcedo 1918–1920 Eduardo Neri 1920–1922 Eduardo Delhumeau 1922–1924 Romeo Ortega y Castillo de Levín 1925–1928 Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza 1928–1928 Enrique Medina 1928–1930 José Aguilar y Maya 1930–1932 Emilio Portes Gil 1932–1934 Silvestre Castro 1934–1936 Ignacio García Téllez 1936–1937 Antonio Villalobos Maillard 1937–1937 Genaro V. Vázquez Quiroz 1937–1940 José Aguilar y Maya 1940–1946 Francisco González de la Vega 1946–1952 Carlos Franco Sodi 1952–1956 Jose Aguilar y Maya 1956–1958 Fernando López Arias 1958–1962 Oscar Treviño Ríos 1962–1964 Antonio Rocha Cordero 1964–1967 Julio Sánchez Vargas 1967–1971 Pedro Ojeda Paullada 1971–1976 Óscar Flores Sánchez 1976–1982 Sergio García Ramírez 1982–1988 Enrique Álvarez del Castillo 1988–1991 Ignacio Morales Lechuga 1991–1993 Jorge Carpizo McGregor 1993–1994 Diego Valadés 1994–1994 Humberto Benítez Treviño 1994–1994 Antonio Lozano Gracia 1994–1996 Jorge Madrazo Cuéllar 1996–2000

See also

Justice ministry Law enforcement in Mexico

References

External links Attorney General's Office website