Secretariat of National Defense (Mexico)
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Mexico's Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, Sedena) 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, reports directly to the President. 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
.
Ministry (government department)
A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of government public administration, sometimes led by a minister or a senior public servant, that can have responsibility for one or more departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions or other smaller executive, advisory, managerial or...
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, reports directly to the President. 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
Miguel Hidalgo, D.F.
Miguel Hidalgo is one of the 16 delegaciones into which Mexico's Federal District is divided. The borough includes some of the most affluent parts of Mexico City, such as Lomas de Chapultepec and Polanco. Its population at the 2010 census was 372,889 inhabitants, and it lies at an elevation of...
, Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
.
Functions
Under the Federal Organic Law of Public Administration (Ley Orgánica de la Administración Pública Federal), the Secretary has the following duties:- Organize, administer and prepare the Army and the Air Force.
- Organize and prepare the National Military Service.
- Management of the Army, Air Force, National Guard and armed contingents which don't belong to state's national guard.
- Plan, direct and handle mobilization of the country in the event of war; formulating and executing, in due case, plans and orders necessary to the country defense, as well as directing and advising civil defense.
- Construct and prepare the forts and all kind of military buildings for Army and Air Force use, as well as administration of barracks, hospitals and other military buildings.
- Administer military justice.
- Acquire and build armaments, ammunition, and all kinds of materials and elements for the use of Army and Air Force.
- Grant permission for an expedition force to enter another country or to allow another country to send their forces to Mexico.
- Manage the issuing of licenses to bear firearms with the aim of preventing the use of arms expressly banned in law and also those types of arms restricted by the state for the exclusive use of the Army, Navy and National Guard, with the exception of what is established by the 13th section of Article 30 of the Constitution, as well as the supervision and issuing of permits for the sale, transport and storage of firearms, chemical weapons, explosives and strategic weapons.
Organization
The following offices report to the Secretary:- Assistant Secretary of National Defense (Subsecretaría de la Defensa Nacional)
- Chief of Staff of National Defense (Estado Mayor de la Defensa Nacional)
- Military Law Bodies (Organos del Fuero de Guerra)
List of Secretaries of National Defense
- Government of Venustiano CarranzaVenustiano CarranzaVenustiano Carranza de la Garza, was one of the leaders of the Mexican Revolution. He ultimately became President of Mexico following the overthrow of the dictatorial Huerta regime in the summer of 1914 and during his administration the current constitution of Mexico was drafted...
(1917–1920)- (1917–1918): Jesús Agustín Castro
- (1918–1920): Juan José Ríos
- (1920): Francisco L. Urquizo
- Government of Adolfo de la HuertaAdolfo de la HuertaFelipe Adolfo de la Huerta Marcor was a Mexican politician and interim President of Mexico from June 1 to December 1, 1920....
(1920)- (1920): Plutarco Elías CallesPlutarco Elías CallesPlutarco Elías Calles was a Mexican general and politician. He was president of Mexico from 1924 to 1928, but he continued to be the de facto ruler from 1928–1935, a period known as the maximato...
- (1920): Plutarco Elías Calles
- Government of Álvaro ObregónÁlvaro ObregónGeneral Álvaro Obregón Salido was the President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924. He was assassinated in 1928, shortly after winning election to another presidential term....
(1920–1924)- (1920): Benjamín HillBenjamín G. HillGen. Benjamín Hill was a military commander during the Mexican Revolution....
- (1920–1922): Enrique EstradaEnrique EstradaEnrique Estrada Reynoso was a Mexican General, politician, and Secretary of National Defense.Born in Moyahua, Zac. In the year 1890. His parents were Camilo Estrada Reynoso and Micaela...
- (1922–1924): Francisco R. Serrano
- (1920): Benjamín Hill
- Government of Plutarco Elías CallesPlutarco Elías CallesPlutarco Elías Calles was a Mexican general and politician. He was president of Mexico from 1924 to 1928, but he continued to be the de facto ruler from 1928–1935, a period known as the maximato...
(1924–1928)- (1924–1928): Joaquín AmaroJoaquín AmaroJoaquín Amaro Domínguez was a Mexican revolutionary general and military reformer. He served as Secretary of War in the cabinets of Presidents Plutarco Elías Calles, Emilio Portes Gil, and Pascual Ortiz Rubio, making him one of the longest-serving cabinet-level officials in Mexican history...
- (1924–1928): Joaquín Amaro
- Government of Emilio Portes GilEmilio Portes GilEmilio Cándido Portes Gil was President of Mexico from 1928 to 1930.-Biography:Portes Gil was born in Ciudad Victoria, the capital of the state of Tamaulipas in northeast Mexico....
(1928–1930)- (1928–1930): Joaquín AmaroJoaquín AmaroJoaquín Amaro Domínguez was a Mexican revolutionary general and military reformer. He served as Secretary of War in the cabinets of Presidents Plutarco Elías Calles, Emilio Portes Gil, and Pascual Ortiz Rubio, making him one of the longest-serving cabinet-level officials in Mexican history...
- (1928–1930): Joaquín Amaro
- Government of Pascual Ortiz RubioPascual Ortiz RubioPascual Ortiz Rubio was a Mexican politician. He was born in Morelia, Michoacán as the son of Pascual Ortiz de Ayala y Huerta and Lenor Rubio Cornelis...
(1930–1932)- (1930–1931): Joaquín AmaroJoaquín AmaroJoaquín Amaro Domínguez was a Mexican revolutionary general and military reformer. He served as Secretary of War in the cabinets of Presidents Plutarco Elías Calles, Emilio Portes Gil, and Pascual Ortiz Rubio, making him one of the longest-serving cabinet-level officials in Mexican history...
- (1931–1932): Plutarco Elías CallesPlutarco Elías CallesPlutarco Elías Calles was a Mexican general and politician. He was president of Mexico from 1924 to 1928, but he continued to be the de facto ruler from 1928–1935, a period known as the maximato...
- (1932): Abelardo L. RodríguezAbelardo L. RodríguezAbelardo Rodríguez Luján, commonly known as Abelardo L. Rodríguez was the interim president of Mexico from 1932–1934, completing the term of Pascual Ortiz after his resignation.-Early life:...
- (1930–1931): Joaquín Amaro
- Government of Abelardo L. RodríguezAbelardo L. RodríguezAbelardo Rodríguez Luján, commonly known as Abelardo L. Rodríguez was the interim president of Mexico from 1932–1934, completing the term of Pascual Ortiz after his resignation.-Early life:...
(1932–1934)- (1932–1933): Pablo Quiroga
- (1933): Lázaro Cárdenas del Río
- (1933–1934): Pablo Quiroga
- Government of Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (1934–1940)
- (1934–1935): Pablo Quiroga
- (1935–1936): Andrés Figueroa
- (1936–1939): Manuel Ávila CamachoManuel Ávila CamachoManuel Ávila Camacho served as the President of Mexico from 1940 to 1946.Manuel Ávila was born in the city of Teziutlán, a small town in Puebla, to middle-class parents, Manuel Ávila Castillo and Eufrosina Camacho Bello. He had several siblings, among them sister María Jovita Ávila Camacho and...
- (1939–1940): Jesús Agustín Castro
- Government of Manuel Ávila CamachoManuel Ávila CamachoManuel Ávila Camacho served as the President of Mexico from 1940 to 1946.Manuel Ávila was born in the city of Teziutlán, a small town in Puebla, to middle-class parents, Manuel Ávila Castillo and Eufrosina Camacho Bello. He had several siblings, among them sister María Jovita Ávila Camacho and...
(1940–1946)- (1940–1942): Pablo Macías Valenzuela
- (1942–1945): Lázaro Cárdenas del Río
- (1945–1946): Francisco L. Urquizo
- Government of Miguel AlemánMiguel Alemán ValdésMiguel Alemán Valdés served as the President of Mexico from 1946 to 1952.-Life:Alemán was born in Sayula in the state of Veracruz as the son of General Miguel Alemán González and Tomasa Valdés Ledezma...
(1946–1952)- (1946–1952): Gilberto R. Limón
- Gobierno de Adolfo Ruiz CortinesAdolfo Ruiz CortinesAdolfo Ruiz Cortines was President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958, representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party he was one of the oldest presidents of Mexico...
(1952–1958)- (1952–1958): Matías Ramos
- Government of Adolfo López MateosAdolfo López MateosAdolfo López Mateos was a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served as President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964...
(1958–1964)- (1958–1964): Agustín Olachea
- Government of Gustavo Díaz OrdazGustavo Díaz OrdazGustavo Díaz Ordaz Bolaños served as the President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970.- Political career :Díaz Ordaz was born in San Andrés Chalchícomula . His father, Ramón Díaz Ordaz Redonet, worked as an accountant, while his mother, Sabina Bolaños Cacho de Díaz Ordaz, worked as a school teacher...
(1964–1970)- (1964–1970): Marcelino García Barragán
- Government of Luis EcheverríaLuis EcheverríaLuis Echeverría Álvarez served as President of Mexico from 1970 to 1976.-Early history:Echeverría joined the faculty of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1947 and taught political theory...
(1970–1976)- (1970–1976): Hermenegildo Cuenca Díaz
- Government of José López PortilloJosé López PortilloJosé López Portillo y Pacheco was the President of Mexico from 1976 to 1982.Born in Mexico City, López Portillo studied Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico before beginning his political career with the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1959.He held several positions in the...
(1976–1982)- (1976–1982): Félix Galván López
- Government of Miguel de la MadridMiguel de la MadridMiguel de la Madrid Hurtado is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served as President of Mexico from 1982 to 1988.-Biography:...
(1982–1988)- (1982–1988): Juan Arévalo Gardoqui
- Government of Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1988–1994)
- (1988–1994): Antonio Riviello Bazán
- Government of Ernesto ZedilloErnesto ZedilloErnesto Zedillo Ponce de León is a Mexican economist and politician. He served as President of Mexico from December 1, 1994 to November 30, 2000, as the last of the uninterrupted seventy year line of Mexican presidents from the Institutional Revolutionary Party...
(1994–2000)- (1994–2000): Enrique Cervantes Aguirre
- Government of Vicente FoxVicente FoxVicente Fox Quesada is a Mexican former politician who served as President of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006 and currently serves as co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organization of Christian democratic political parties.Fox was elected...
(2000–2006)- (2000–2006): Gerardo Clemente Ricardo Vega GarcíaGerardo Clemente VegaGerardo Clemente R. Vega García is a Mexican General who served from 2000 to 2006 as Minister of Defense.- Biography :...
- (2000–2006): Gerardo Clemente Ricardo Vega García
- Government of Felipe CalderónFelipe CalderónFelipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for a single six-year term through 2012...
(2006–2012)- (2006–present) : Guillermo Galván GalvánGuillermo Galván GalvánGuillermo Galván Galván is a Mexican Army general. He currently serves as Secretary of National Defense for the government of Felipe Calderón....
- (2006–present) : Guillermo Galván Galván