Estado Mayor Presidencial

Estado Mayor Presidencial
Common nameEstado Mayor
AbbreviationEMP
Agency overview
Formed1926
Dissolved2018
Annual budget409,750,109 MXN [1]
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agencyMEX
Operations jurisdictionMEX
Governing bodyJefatura del Estado Mayor Presidencial
General nature
Operational structure
Sworn members4,400
Agency executive
Parent agencySecretary of National Defense (Mexico)
Field offices136
Website
www.gob.mx/presidencia/acciones-y-programas/estado-mayor-presidencial-14579

The Estado Mayor Presidencial — EMP (English: Presidential General Staff) was the institution charged with protecting and safeguarding the President of Mexico, the First Lady of Mexico and their immediate families.[3] It is described in its regulations as a military technical body and an administrative unit (Military staff) of the Presidency of the Republic of Mexico in facilitating the President's fulfillment of his attributes and functions.

The EMP was part of the Mexican Army, and a General always led it, embodied in the Jefatura del Estado Mayor Presidencial. Its last Jefatura was led by General Roberto Francisco Miranda Moreno, whom President Enrique Peña Nieto appointed.

History

EMP personnel accompanies First Lady Angélica Rivera to the start of the 2013 Mexican Red Cross national donation drive

It was disbanded on December 1, 2018 by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador by amending the Organization Act on the Mexican Army and Air Force with 108 votes in favor, none against, and 12 abstentions in the Mexican Senate.[4] Ex-EMP personnel would be assigned to their original units in the Mexican military with ranks and benefits.[4]

Organization

President Francisco I. Madero and his Presidential Guard, Mexico National Palace, 1911

The Presidential Guard consisted of three infantry battalions, two military police battalions, one special force battalion, and one artillery battalion, plus a Marine battalion from the Naval Infantry Force, a Cavalry Horse Guards squadron with an attached horse artillery battery and a state artillery honor battery as well as a War Band (Banda de Guerra).

Training

Mexican EMP honour guards during Justin Trudeau's state visit to Mexico.

Presidential Guard included a reaction group, (grupo de reacción inmediata y potente, GRIP), whose members were trained in martial arts such as karate, aikijutsu, tae kwon do, kick boxing, kung fu, judo, and silat; furthermore, they were trained in techniques and tactics in order to protect high-ranking officials and civil servants, such as the President.

References

  1. ^ http://pef.hacienda.gob.mx/work/models/PEF2017/docs/02/r02_aae.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Jefe del Estado Mayor Presidencial". Presidencia de la República (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Populism comes to Mexico as old symbols are laid to waste". 3 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Mexican Senate approves elimination of Presidential Guard (EMP)". 3 May 2019.
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