Estado Mayor Presidencial

Estado Mayor Presidencial
Common name Estado Mayor
Abbreviation E.M.P.
Logo of the Estado Mayor Presidencial.
Agency overview
Annual budget 1,786,561,557 MXN [1]
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency Mex
Governing body Jefatura del Estado Mayor Presidencial
General nature
Specialist jurisdiction
Operational structure
Sworn members 4,400
Agency executive Jesús Javier Castillo Cabrera, Jefe del Estado Mayor Presidencial [2]
Parent agency Secretary of National Defense (Mexico)
Field offices 136
Website
presidencia.gob.mx/estdomayor

The Estado Mayor Presidencial — EMP (Presidential Guard) is the institution charged with protecting and safeguarding the President of Mexico and the First Lady of Mexico. It is described in its regulations as a techno-military organism and an administrative unit of the Presidency of the Republic of Mexico in facilitating the President's fulfiment of his attributes and functions. So, the EMP is Mexico's Presidential Guard, and also the chief logistical instrument of the President and of the First Lady.

The Presidential Guard is part of the Mexican Army, and a General always leads it, embodied in the Jefatura del Estado Mayor Presidencial, currently led by General Jesús Javier Castillo Cabrera, whom President Felipe Calderón appointed.

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