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] Based on article 30 of the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration, among other actions the Secretariat is mandated to:

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