Secretariat of the Navy
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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.
Functions[edit]
Based on article 30 of the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration:
- Organize, administer and prepare the Navy of Mexico
- Manage the assets and reserves of the Navy in all its aspects
- Grant licenses and withdrawals, and intervene in the pensions of members of the Navy
- 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 military naval aeronautics 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 Navy of Mexico
- Organize and provide naval health services
- Integrate the national oceanographic information archive
and Among others
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References[edit]
- ^ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/merchant-marine-incorporated-into-mexican-navy/
- ^ http://www.semar.gob.mx/
- ^ "Este fue el gabinete de Felipe Calderón". www.capitalmexico.com.mx (in Spanish). Capital México. Feb 6, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
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Coordinates: 19°19′19″N 99°07′41″W / 19.322°N 99.128°W
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