PROFILE: Clemente Ricardo Vega García, the military academic and head of Defense with Vicente Fox

PROFILE: Clemente Ricardo Vega García, the military academic and head of Defense with Vicente Fox

General Gerardo Clemente Ricardo García Vega, who was the head of the Sedena during Vicente Fox's six-year term, died this Wednesday at the age of 82.

Clemente Vega García, Secretary of National Defense, dies during Vicente Fox's six-year term

Vega joined the Army in 1957, where he held various positions.

Clemente Vega García, Secretary of Defense with Vicente Fox, dies

The soldier was born on March 28, 1940 in the city of Puebla and entered the Army on January 1, 1957, graduating from the Heroic Military College on January 1, 1960.