The Secretary of War and Navy () was a member of the federal executive cabinet as well as a high-ranking officer with the responsibility of commanding the Mexican Army and Mexican Navy (including the Naval Infantry Corps). The secretary is appointed by the President of the Republic.
List of officeholders SecretaryTermPresident(s)Presidential term Pedro Hinojosa 1884-1896 Porfirio Díaz 1884-1911 Felipe Berriozábal 1896-1900 Bernardo Reyes 1900-1902 Francisco Z. Mena 1903-1905 Manuel González de Cosío 1905-1911 Eugenio Rascón 1911 Francisco León de la Barra 1911 José González Salas 1911 José González Salas 1911-1912 Francisco I. Madero 1911-1913 Ángel García Peña 1912-1913 Manuel Mondragón 1913 Victoriano Huerta 1913-1914 Aureliano Blanquet 1913-1914 José Refugio Velasco 1914 1914 Francisco Carvajal 1914 José Isabel Robles 1914-1915 Eulalio Gutiérrez Ortiz 1914-1915 Alfredo Serratos 1915 Roque González Garza 1915 Francisco V. Pacheco 1915 Eduardo Hay 1914 Venustiano Carranza 1917-1920 Jacinto B. Treviño 1914 Ignacio L. Pesqueira 1914-1916 Álvaro Obregón 1916-1917 Jesús Agustín Castro 1917-1918 Juan José Ríos 1918-1920 Francisco L. Urquizo 1920 Plutarco Elías Calles 1920 Adolfo de la Huerta 1920 Benjamín Hill 1920 Álvaro Obregón 1920-1924 Enrique Estrada 1920-1922 Francisco R. Serrano 1922-1924 Joaquín Amaro 1924-1928 Plutarco Elías Calles 1924-1928 1928-1930 Emilio Portes Gil 1928-1930 1930-1931 Pascual Ortiz Rubio 1930-1932 Plutarco Elías Calles 1931-1932 Abelardo L. Rodríguez 1932 Pablo Quiroga Escamilla 1932-1933 Abelardo L. Rodríguez 1932-1934 Lázaro Cárdenas del Río 1933 Pablo Quiroga Escamilla 1933-1934 1934-1935 Lázaro Cárdenas del Río 1934-1940 Andrés Figueroa Figueroa 1935-1936
See also Secretariat of National Defense (Mexico) Secretariat of the Navy
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