Admiral Vidal Francisco Soberón Sanz (born May 17, 1953) is a Mexican Navy officer who served as the Secretary of the Navy.

Admiral Soberón Sanz finished his primary and secondary studies in Mexico City and then in 1970 studied at the Heroica Escuela Naval Militar and graduated in 1975.

Later Soberón Sanz made a vocational training specializing in Underwater Weapons, Diploma in Human Rights, Military MBA, Master in National Security, Staff Course, Naval War College USA.

Until 30 November 2012, he was private secretary to the head of the Navy, Mariano Francisco Saynez, during the administration of Felipe Calderón Hinojosa.

They have two children: Vidal Francisco and Santiago.