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.
Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional | |
Secretariat overview | |
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Formed | 1821; 203 years ago (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″N 99°12′57″W / 19.44028°N 99.21583°W / 19.44028; -99.21583 |
Motto | Honor y Lealtad[1] |
Annual budget | $199 b MXN (2022) |
Minister responsible |
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Website | www.gob.mx/sedena |
Under the Federal Public Administration Act (Ley Orgánica de la Administración Pública Federal), the Secretary has the following duties:
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | President |
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1 | Escamilla, PabloGeneral de brigada Pablo Quiroga Escamilla [es] (1875–1948) | 1934 | 15 June 1935 | 0–1 years | del Río, LázaroLázaro Cárdenas del Río | |
2 | Figueroa, AndrésAndrés Figueroa Figueroa [es] (1884–1936) | 16 June 1935 | 17 October 1936 † | 1 year, 123 days | del Río, LázaroLázaro Cárdenas del Río | |
3 | Figueroa, AndrésBrigadier General Manuel Ávila Camacho (1897–1955) | 18 October 1936 | 31 January 1939 | 2 years, 105 days | del Río, LázaroLázaro Cárdenas del Río | |
4 | Castro, JesúsGeneral de División Jesús Agustín Castro [es] (1887–1953) | 1 February 1939 | 30 November 1940 | 1 year, 303 days | del Río, LázaroLázaro Cárdenas del Río | |
5 | Castro, JesúsJesús Agustín Castro [es] (1891–1975) | 1 December 1940 | 31 August 1942 | 1 year, 273 days | Camacho, ManuelManuel Ávila Camacho | |
6 | Castro, JesúsGeneral de División Lázaro Cárdenas (1895–1970) | 1 September 1942 | 31 August 1945 | 2 years, 364 days | Camacho, ManuelManuel Ávila Camacho | |
7 | Urquizo, FranciscoGeneral de División Francisco L. Urquizo (1891–1969) | 1 September 1945 | 30 November 1946 | 1 year, 90 days | Camacho, ManuelManuel Ávila Camacho | |
8 | Urquizo, FranciscoGilberto R. Limón [es] (1891–1988) | 1 December 1946 | 30 November 1952 | 5 years, 365 days | Alemán, MiguelMiguel Alemán | |
9 | Ramos, MatiasGeneral de División Matías Ramos [es] (1891–1962) | 1 December 1952 | 30 November 1958 | 5 years, 365 days | Cortines, AdolfoAdolfo Ruiz Cortines | |
10 | Olachea, AgustínGeneral de División Agustín Olachea (1890–1974) | 1 December 1958 | 30 November 1964 | 5 years, 365 days | Mateos, AdolfoAdolfo López Mateos | |
11 | Barragan, MarcelinoGeneral de División Marcelino García Barragan [es] (1895–1979) | 1 December 1964 | 30 November 1970 | 5 years, 364 days | Ordaz, GustavoGustavo Díaz Ordaz | |
12 | Díaz, HermenegildoHermenegildo Cuenca Díaz [es] (1902–1977) | 1 December 1970 | 30 November 1976 | 5 years, 365 days | Álvarez, LuisLuis Echeverría Álvarez | |
13 | López, FélixGeneral de División Félix Galván López [es] (1913–1988) | 1 December 1976 | 30 November 1982 | 5 years, 364 days | Portillo, JoséJosé López Portillo | |
14 | Gardoqui, JuanGeneral de División Juan Arévalo Gardoqui (1921–2000) | 1 December 1982 | 30 November 1988 | 5 years, 365 days | Hurtado, MiguelMiguel de la Madrid Hurtado | |
15 | Gardoqui, JuanGeneral de División Antonio Riviello Bazán [es] (1926–2017) | 1 December 1988 | 30 November 1994 | 6 years, 0 days | Gortari, CarlosCarlos Salinas de Gortari | |
16 | Aguirre, EnriqueGeneral de División Enrique Cervantes Aguirre [es] (born 1935) | 1 December 1994 | 30 November 2000 | 6 years, 0 days | Zedillo, ErnestoErnesto Zedillo | |
17 | Vega, GerardoGeneral de División Gerardo Clemente Vega (1940–2022) | 1 December 2000 | 30 November 2006 | 6 years, 0 days | Fox, VicenteVicente Fox | |
18 | Galván, GuillermoGeneral de División Guillermo Galván Galván[4] (born 1943) | 1 December 2006 | 30 November 2012 | 6 years, 0 days | Calderón, FelipeFelipe Calderón | |
19 | Zepeda, Salvador Cienfuegos'General Secretario Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda (born 1948) | 1 December 2012 | 30 November 2018 | 6 years, 0 days | Nieto, Enrique PeñaEnrique Peña Nieto | |
20 | Sandoval González, Luis CresencioGeneral de División Luis Cresencio Sandoval (born 1960) [5] | 1 December 2018 | Incumbent | 5 years, 230 days | López Obrador, Andrés ManuelAndrés Manuel López Obrador |
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