Mexico - Navy: High rank ensigns

Last modified: 2003-09-27 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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• Secretary of Navy
• Under-secretary of Navy
• Chief of Naval Operations: 1985-1993 / Jefe de Operaciones Navales: 1985-1993
• Chief Clerk of the Navy / Oficial Mayor de Marina
• Chief of General Staff of the Navy / Jefe del Estado Mayor General de la Armada de México
• General Inspector and Comptroller of the Navy / Inspector y contralor general de la Armada
• Commander of "Region Naval" / Comandante de Región Naval
• Commander of Naval Force / Comandante de Fuerza Naval
• Commander of Naval Zone or of the Navy Headquarters / Comandante de Zona Naval o del Cuartel General de la Armada

• Mexico - Navy
• Secretaría de Marina-Armada de México
• Mexico

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by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, July 20, 2002.

The Ley Orgánica de la Armada de México (DOF 01/14/1985) established the organization and operating of the Mexico Army according the development and necesities the country required, in order to that, the domestic structure of the Navy was modified. Among other adjustments, the Jefatura de Operaciones Navales (Management of Naval Operations) was created, whose functions and rules were defined in the Reglamento Interior de la Secretaría de Marina (DOF 02/11/1986). This position was established as Alto Mando (High command) just under the Secretariat command upon the Under-secretariat, and had under its jurisdiction the General Staff of the Navy and the Chief Clerk of the Navy.
Due the administrative simplification held during the Carlos Salinas de Gortari's goverment (1988-1994) and continued by Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (1994-2000), the Navy structure was modified again. On Dec. 24, 1993 was published in the DOF a new Ley Orgánica, by means of which, the Management of Naval Operation and its Chief desappeared, then, the High Command was left as follows: Secretariat of Navy, Under-Secretariat, General Staff, and Clerk of th