Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional | |
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Logo during the 2018-2024 administration
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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 |
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.
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, 196 days | López Obrador, Andrés ManuelAndrés Manuel López Obrador |
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