José Rafael Ojeda Durán (born 3 February 1954) is the former Mexican Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Joining the Heroica Escuela Naval Militar (where he later served as a professor) in 1969, he later graduated as a Guardiamarina (Midshipman) in 1974.

In the time after his graduation, he served in the Navy for 50 years on a variety of vessels, commands, and assorted offices.

[4] Durán was criticized for not investigating the Iguala mass kidnapping when it was theorized that the 43 victims were incinerated by sailors operating in the Eighth Naval Region, which he had control over at the time.

This program consisted of rescue operations, cleanup, and evacuations, conducted by 450 units of the Mexican Navy.