Secretariat of the Navy (Mexico)

Mexico
Secretariat of the Navy

Secretaría de la Marina
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Agency overview
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).

• 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

External links

• Official Website of the Navy
• Official site of the President's Cabinet