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| Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional | |
 Logo during the 2018-2024 administration | |
| Secretariat overview | |
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| Formed | 1821 |
| Preceding Secretariat |
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| 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 19°26′25″N 99°12′57″W / 19.44028°N 99.21583°W |
| Motto | Honor y Lealtad[1] |
| Annual budget | $199 b MXN (2022) |
| Minister responsible |
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| Child Secretariat | |
| Website | www.gob.mx/sedena |
The Mexican Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA); Spanish: Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional 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.[2] 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.[3] 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).[citation needed]
- ^ Ruiz, Verónica (2018-09-25). "Develan lema de SEDENA en Centro Cívico". Diario de Querétaro (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ^ Mexico's Federal Organic Law of Public AdministrationLey Orgánica de la Administración Pública Federal, Article 29 Archived 2006-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "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."