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Secretariat of National Defense

National Defense of Mexico

Summary

National Defense of Mexico

Field	Value
name	Secretariat of National Defense
native_name	Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional
type	Secretariat
logo	Sedena logo.jpg
logo_width	300px
logo_caption	Logo during the 2018-2024 administration
formed
preceding1	Secretariat of War and Navy
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
coordinates
motto	Honor y Lealtad
budget	$199 b MXN (2022)
minister1_name	Ricardo Trevilla Trejo
minister1_pfo	Secretary of National Defense
minister2_pfo
deputyminister2_pfo
chief2_position
child1_agency	National Guard
keydocument1
website	www.gob.mx/sedena

Col. Lomas de Sotelo; Alcaldía Miguel Hidalgo Mexico City, 11200 The Mexican Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA; ) 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. 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. 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.

Alongside his role as a cabinet member the Secretary shares, since 2020, the official ex officio title of "Commanding General of the Mexican Army, Air Force, and National Guard" (Alto Mando del Ejercito, Fuerza Aerea, y Guardia Nacional).

Role

Under the Federal Public Administration Act (Ley Orgánica de la Administración Pública Federal), the Secretary has the following duties, among others provided by the Constitution and relevant laws of Congress:

Organize and administer affairs of the Army, Air Force and the National Guard and assist in their functions.
Organize and assist in development and enforcement of National Military Service for the Army and Air Force.
Management of the Army, Air Force, National Guard and armed contingents which do not belong to the state level national guard or law enforcement agencies.
Plan, direct and handle mobilization of the country in the event of war; formulating and executing plans and orders necessary for national defense purposes, as well as directing and advising civil defense in both peacetime and wartime scenarios in coordination with the Army, Air Force and National Guard.
Construct and prepare every kind of military buildings for Army and Air Force use, including forts and barracks, as well as administration of barracks, hospitals and other military buildings.
Administer military justice, education and medical services as well as handle necessary benefits for personnel of the Army, Air Force and National Guard.
Acquire and build armaments, ammunition, and all kinds of materials and elements for the use of Army and Air Force, as well as for the National Guard.
Grant permission for an expedition force to enter another country or to allow another country to send their forces to Mexico, as well as for scientific activities conducted in Mexican territory by other nations or international organizations.
Manage the issuing of licenses to bear firearms with the aim of preventing the use of arms expressly banned in law and also those types of arms restricted by the state for the exclusive use of the Army, Air Force, Navy and National Guard, with the exception of what is established by the 13th section of Article 30 of the Constitution, as well as the supervision and issuing of permits for the sale, transport and storage of firearms, chemical weapons, explosives and strategic weapons, as well as in the importation and exportation of the same.
Contribute in construction of land and air-based communications lines together with other agencies of the Federal Government.
Organize air-based SAR operations in times of emergency. (Article 80, Civil Aviation Law)

List of secretaries

Sources

References

Ruiz, Verónica. (2018-09-25). "Develan lema de SEDENA en Centro Cívico".
[http://zedilloworld.presidencia.gob.mx/PAGES/culture/note_21mar.html Mexico's Federal Organic Law of Public AdministrationLey Orgánica de la Administración Pública Federal, Article 29] {{webarchive. link. (2006-06-15)
"[http://www.sedena.gob.mx/en/ Home]." Secretariat of National Defense. Retrieved on February 15, 2011. "Blvd. Manuel Ávila Camacho S/N. Esq. Av. Ind. Mil., Col. Lomas de Sotelo; Deleg. Miguel Hidalgo, D.F. C.P. 11640."
(Feb 6, 2018). "Este fue el gabinete de Felipe Calderón". Capital México.
(October 22, 2018). "Quien es el Gral. Luis C. Sandoval, proximo Secretario de Defensa". El Universal.

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