Secretariat of the Navy

Secretary of the Navy
Secretaría de Marina
	Secretary of the Navy logo
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Mexico
Agency executive	Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles, Secretary;
Website	www.semar.gob.mx

The Secretary of the Navy (Spanish: Secretaría de Marina, SEMAR) is a member of the federal executive cabinet as well as the highest-ranking Mexican naval officer with the responsibility of commanding the Mexican Navy (including the Mexican Naval Infantry or ‘marines,’ as well as the Mexican merchant marine service ^[1]) and managing the Secretariat of the Navy (the naval ministry and naval civil service). The secretary is appointed by the President of the Republic.^[2]

Functions

Based on article 30 of the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration, among other actions the Secretariat is mandated to:

Organize and administer the affairs of the Mexican Navy
Manage the assets and reserves of the Navy in all its aspects
Grant licenses and withdrawals, and intervene in the pensions of Navy service personnel
Exercise sovereignty in territorial waters, as well as monitoring the coast of the territory, waterways, national islands and the exclusive economic zone
Organize, administer and operate the naval aviation service
Conduct naval public education
Organize and administer the maritime police service
Inspect the services of the Navy
Build, rebuild and conserve the port works required by the Navy
Establish and manage the stores and fuel stations and lubricants of the Navy
Execute the topohydrographic works of the coasts, islands, ports and waterways, as well as organize the maritime chart file and relative statistics
Intervene in the granting of permits for expeditions or scientific explorations abroad or international in national waters
Build, maintain and operate, shipyards, dams, boatyards and naval establishments destined to the ships of the Mexican Navy
Organize and provide naval health services
Integrate the national oceanographic information archive
Help in the organization and enforcement of National Naval Military Service
Organize Maritime SAR operations
Administer and operate the Mexican Merchant Marine Fleets

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^[3]
President Enrique Peña Nieto
- (2012–2018) : Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
- (2018–2024) : José Rafael Ojeda Durán
President : Claudia Sheinbaum
- (2024–present) : Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles