- Gerardo Clemente Vega
Infobox_President | name=Gerardo Clemente Vega
nationality=Mexican
order= Secretary of National Defense
term_start=December 1 2000
term_end=November 30 2006
predecessor=Enrique Cervantes Aguirre
dead=alive
successor=Guillermo Galván Galván
birth_date=birth date|1940|3|28|mf=y
birth_place=Puebla de Zaragoza ,Puebla
profession=Soldier Gerardo Clemente R. Vega García (b.
March 28 ,1940 in Puebla,Puebla ) is a Mexican General who served from 2000 to 2006 serves as Minister of Defense.Vega García studied at the "Heróico Colegio Militar", he received a
bachelor's degree in administration from the "Escuela Superior de Guerra" and amaster's degree in security and national defense from the "Colegio de la Defensa Nacional". He has been professor of the "Heróico Colegio Militar" and of the "Escuela Superior de Guerra" and have served as Director of the "Colegio de la Defensa Nacional" andRector of the "Universidad del Ejército y la Fuerza Aérea.Career and education
He has occupied 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 . AsMajor he served in Mérida,Villahermosa ,Chihuahua andQuintana Roo .He has also served as the Mexican
military attache in the formerSoviet Union ,Poland andWest Germany .In
2000 PresidentVicente Fox designated him Minister of Defense.
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