Raymundo Morales Ángeles
Raymundo Morales Ángeles | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of the Navy | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2024 | |
| President | Claudia Sheinbaum |
| Preceded by | José Rafael Ojeda Durán |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 July 1966 San Ildefonso, Sola de Vega, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Occupation | Naval officer |
Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles[a] (born 4 July 1966) is an officer of the Mexican Navy with the rank of admiral. He has been the Secretary of the Navy since 1 October 2024 during the administration of President Claudia Sheinbaum.
Biography
Raymundo Morales Ángeles was born on 4 July 1966 in the community of San Ildefonso, belonging to the municipality of Villa Sola de Vega, Oaxaca.
From 1983 to 1987, he studied at the Heroic Naval Military School, from where he graduated with the rank of midshipman. In 1989, he obtained an engineering degree in naval science.[1] He studied a course in defence policy and strategy at the Centre for Hemispheric Defence Studies at the National Defense University in the United States.[2]
He has served as commander of the ninth and thirteenth naval zones. He was also the director of the Centre for Advanced Naval Studies and deputy naval attaché at the Mexican Embassy to the United States.[2]
In January 2023, he was appointed general director of the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and, on 20 November 2023, was promoted to the rank of admiral.[1]
On 6 September 2024, President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum announced her intention to appoint him to serve as Secretary of the Navy and, with the start of the new administration, he took office on 1 October.[3]
References
- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Morales and the second or maternal family name is Ángeles.
- ^ a b Kevin Talancón (6 September 2024). "Quién es Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles, titular de la Marina de Claudia Sheinbaum" [Who is Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles, Claudia Sheinbaum's pick for the Navy?]. Telediario (in Spanish).
- ^ "Del Tren del Istmo a la Semar: ¿quién es Raymundo Morales, nuevo secretario de Marina?" [From the Isthmus Train to the Cabinet: Who is Raymundo Morales, the new Secretary of the Navy?]. Radio Fórmula (in Spanish). 6 September 2024.
- ^ "¿Quién es Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles, secretario de Marina en la administración de Sheinbaum?" [Who is Raymundo Morales, navy secretary in Sheinbaum's cabinet?]. La Razón (in Spanish). 6 September 2024.