Secretariat of the Navy (Mexico)

Mexico
Secretariat of the Navy
Agency overview
Secretaría de la Marina
Secretariat of the Navy logo
Jurisdiction	Mexico
Agency executive	Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz, Secretary
Child agency	Federal Police (Mexico)
Website	http://www.semar.gob.mx

The Mexican Secretariat of the Navy (Spanish: Secretaría de la Marina, SEMAR) is a member of the federal executive cabinet with responsibility for managing the country's navy and marine forces. The secretary is appointed by the President of the Republic and heads the Secretariat of the Navy (Secretaría de Marina or SEMAR).^[1]

Organizes, administers and prepares the Navy.
Exercising sovereignty in territorial seas, its air space and Mexico's coasts.

List of secretares

President Manuel Ávila Camacho
- (1940–1946) : Heriberto Jara

President Miguel Alemán
- (1946–1948) : Luis F. Schaulfelberger
- (1948–1949) : David Coello
- (1949–1952) : Alberto J. Pawling

President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
- (1952–1955) : Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada
- (1955–1958) : Roberto Gómez Maqueo
- (1958–1958) : Héctor Meixueiro

President Adolfo López Mateos
- (1958–1964) : Manuel Zermeño Araico

President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
- (1964–1970) : Antonio Vázquez del Mercado

President Luis Echeverría
- (1970–1976) : Luis M. Bravo Carrera

President José López Portillo
- (1976–1982) : Ricardo Cházaro Lara

President Miguel de la Madrid
- (1982–1988) : Miguel Ángel Gómez Ortega

President Carlos Salinas de Gortari
- (1988–1990) : Mauricio Scheleske Sánchez
- (1990–1994) : Luis Carlos Ruano Angulo

President Ernesto Zedillo
- (1994–2000) : José Ramón Lorenzo Franco

President Vicente Fox
- (2000–2006) : Marco Antonio Peyrot González

President Felipe Calderón
- (2006–2012) : Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza

President Enrique Peña Nieto
- (2012–present): Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz

Sources

↑ http://www.semar.gob.mx/

External links

Leaders of the Mexican federal executive secretaries

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Coordinates: 19°19′19″N 99°07′41″W / 19.322°N 99.128°W / 19.322; -99.128