Gerardo Clemente Vega Garcia
Secretary of National Defense
In office
1 December 2000 – 30 November 2006
Preceded byEnrique Cervantes Aguirre
Succeeded byGuillermo Galván Galván
Personal details
Born(1940-03-28)28 March 1940
Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla, Mexico
Died22 June 2022(2022-06-22) (aged 82)
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
ProfessionSoldier

Gerardo Clemente R. Vega García (28 March 1940 – 22 June 2022)[1] was a Mexican general who served from 2000 to 2006 as Minister of Defense.[2]

Biography

Vega studied at the Heróico Colegio Militar.,[3] he received a bachelor's degree in administration from the Escuela Superior de Guerra and a master's degree in security and national defense from the Colegio de la Defensa Nacional. He was a professor of the Heróico Colegio Militar and of the Escuela Superior de Guerra and served as Director of the Colegio de la Defensa Nacional and Rector of the Universidad del Ejército y la Fuerza Aérea.

Career and education

Gen. Gerardo Vega with U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers.

Vega held different positions in the Mexican army. As Captain he served in the 13/o Batallón de Infantería in Veracruz and in the 15/o Regimiento de Caballería in Guanajuato. As Major he served in Mérida, Villahermosa, Chihuahua and Quintana Roo.

He also served as the Mexican military attaché in the former Soviet Union, Poland, and West Germany.[4]

In 2000 President Vicente Fox designated him Minister of Defense.

References

Gerardo Clemente Vega Garcia
  1. ↑ Falleció Gerardo Clemente Vega García, exsecretario de la Defensa Nacional con Vicente Fox Archived 23 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ "Mexico Arrests Alleged Head of Juarez Drug Cartel". Fox News Channel. 21 November 2005. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "Mexican Executive Cabinet Members". 14 June 2006. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "300 Mexican Leaders of 2006". Lideres Mexicanos Magazine. 1 July 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.


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