Secretariat of the Navy

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Secretary of the Navy

Secretaría de Marina
Secretary of the Navy logo
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Federal government of Mexico
Agency executive	José Rafael Ojeda Durán, 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]

• Organizes, administers and prepares the Navy.
• Exercising sovereignty in territorial seas, its air space and Mexico's coasts.