Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Mexico)
Secretariat of the Navy
Mexican naval military official
The Mexican 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]
- Organizes, administers and prepares the Navy.
- Exercising sovereignty in territorial seas, its air space and Mexico's coasts.
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