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Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional | |
Secretariat overview | |
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Formed | 1821 |
Preceding Secretariat |
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Jurisdiction | Government of Mexico |
Headquarters | Boulevard Manuel Ávila Camacho S/N. Esq. Av. Ind. Mil. Col. Lomas de Sotelo; Alcaldía Miguel Hidalgo Mexico City, 11200 19°26′25″N99°12′57″W / 19.44028°N 99.21583°W |
Motto | Honor y Lealtad [1] |
Annual budget | $199 b MXN (2022) |
Minister responsible |
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Child Secretariat | |
Website | www.gob.mx/sedena |
The Mexican Secretariat of National Defense(SEDENA); Spanish : Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional is the government department responsible for managing Mexico's Army and Air Forces. Its head is the Secretary of National Defense who, like the co-equal Secretary of the Navy, is directly answerable to the President. [2] Before 1937, the position was called the Secretary of War and Navy (Secretaría de Guerra y Marina). The agency has its headquarters in Lomas de Sotelo, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City. [3] Some key figures who answer directly to the Secretary are the Assistant Secretary, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, and all military tribunals.
Alongside his role as a cabinet member the Secretary shares, since 2020, the official ex officio title of "Commanding General of the Mexican Army, Air Force, and National Guard" (Alto Mando del Ejercito, Fuerza Aerea, y Guardia Nacional).[ citation needed ]
Under the Federal Public Administration Act (Ley Orgánica de la Administración Pública Federal), the Secretary has the following duties, among others provided by the Constitution and relevant laws of Congress:
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | President |
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1 | Pablo Quiroga Escamilla (1875–1948) | General de brigada1934 | 15 June 1935 | 0–1 years | Lázaro Cárdenas del Río | |
2 | Andrés Figueroa Figueroa (1884–1936) | 16 June 1935 | 17 October 1936 † | 1 year, 123 days | Lázaro Cárdenas del Río | |
3 | Manuel Ávila Camacho (1897–1955) | Brigadier General18 October 1936 | 31 January 1939 | 2 years, 105 days | Lázaro Cárdenas del Río | |
4 | Jesús Agustín Castro (1887–1953) | General de División1 February 1939 | 30 November 1940 | 1 year, 303 days | Lázaro Cárdenas del Río | |
5 | Jesús Agustín Castro (1891–1975) | 1 December 1940 | 31 August 1942 | 1 year, 273 days | Manuel Ávila Camacho | |
6 | Lázaro Cárdenas (1895–1970) | General de División1 September 1942 | 31 August 1945 | 2 years, 364 days | Manuel Ávila Camacho | |
7 | Francisco L. Urquizo (1891–1969) | General de División1 September 1945 | 30 November 1946 | 1 year, 90 days | Manuel Ávila Camacho | |
8 | Gilberto R. Limón (1891–1988) | 1 December 1946 | 30 November 1952 | 5 years, 365 days | Miguel Alemán | |
9 | Matías Ramos (1891–1962) | General de División1 December 1952 | 30 November 1958 | 5 years, 365 days | Adolfo Ruiz Cortines | |
10 | Agustín Olachea (1890–1974) | General de División1 December 1958 | 30 November 1964 | 5 years, 365 days | Adolfo López Mateos | |
11 | Marcelino García Barragan (1895–1979) | General de División1 December 1964 | 30 November 1970 | 5 years, 364 days | Gustavo Díaz Ordaz | |
12 | Hermenegildo Cuenca Díaz (1902–1977) | 1 December 1970 | 30 November 1976 | 5 years, 365 days | Luis Echeverría Álvarez | |
13 | Félix Galván López (1913–1988) | General de División1 December 1976 | 30 November 1982 | 5 years, 364 days | José López Portillo | |
14 | Juan Arévalo Gardoqui (1921–2000) | General de División1 December 1982 | 30 November 1988 | 5 years, 365 days | Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado | |
15 | Antonio Riviello Bazán (1926–2017) | General de División1 December 1988 | 30 November 1994 | 6 years, 0 days | Carlos Salinas de Gortari | |
16 | Enrique Cervantes Aguirre (born 1935) | General de División1 December 1994 | 30 November 2000 | 6 years, 0 days | Ernesto Zedillo | |
17 | Gerardo Clemente Vega (1940–2022) | General de División1 December 2000 | 30 November 2006 | 6 years, 0 days | Vicente Fox | |
18 | Guillermo Galván Galván [4] (born 1943) | General de División1 December 2006 | 30 November 2012 | 6 years, 0 days | Felipe Calderón | |
19 | Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda (born 1948) | General Secretario1 December 2012 | 30 November 2018 | 6 years, 0 days | Enrique Peña Nieto | |
20 | Luis Cresencio Sandoval (born 1960) [5] | General de División1 December 2018 | 30 September 2024 | 5 years, 305 days | Andrés Manuel López Obrador | |
21 | Ricardo Trevilla Trejo (born 1961) | General de División1 October 2024 | Incumbent | 82 days | Claudia Sheinbaum |
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