27 Notable alumni of
Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon
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The Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon is 1537th in the world, 65th in Latin America, and 8th in Mexico by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 27 notable alumni from the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Cepillín
- Enrolled in the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon
- 1949-1969 graduated with Licentiate in dentistry
- Occupations
- television actorsingerfilm actoractorclown
- Biography
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Ricardo González Gutiérrez known as Cepillín was a Mexican clown as well as a singer, TV host and actor.
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Jaime Rodríguez Calderón
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jaime Heliodoro Rodríguez Calderón, sometimes referred to by his nickname "El Bronco", is a Mexican politician. He served as the Governor of the northern state of Nuevo León from 2016 to 2017 and from 2018 to 2021. He is the first independent candidate to have won a governorship in Mexico. He served as mayor of García, Nuevo León (2009–2012) while a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), and was best known for his hard-line stance against organized crime. Rodríguez won the 2015 race for Governor as an independent candidate on June 7, 2015, winning half the votes of the election compared to his traditional party competitors, who split the remainder of the votes. He served as governor from 4 October 2015 until 31 December 2017, when he formally became candidate in the 2018 presidential race. He lost, only attaining 5% of the popular vote and resumed his term as governor.
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Mauricio Fernández Garza
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Mauricio Fernández Garza is a Mexican politician, businessman and collector directly related to the Fernández Ruiloba wealthy and prominent family; owners of PYOSA (Pigmentos Y Oxidos SA). He was the mayor of San Pedro Garza García, former senator and current member of the board of Grupo Alfa, a Monterrey-based chemical, food and auto-parts producer. He is well known for his art contribution to Nuevo León.
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Paola Longoria
- Occupations
- racquetball player
- Biography
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Paola Michelle Longoria López is a Mexican racquetball player. She is the current Women's World Champion in both Singles and Doubles, winning both divisions at the 2022 International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Championships in San Luis Potosi. Longoria is the winningest player in IRF World Championship history, and she is the only woman to win both singles and doubles at Worlds. Longoria is also the #1 player on the Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour (LPRT) tour, and was the first Mexican woman to attain the #1 pro ranking, doing so at the end of the 2008–09 season. She repeated the feat at the end of 2009–2010 season, and has been #1 for ten consecutive seasons. Longoria's style is characterized by a semi-western grip of the racquet, which is unusual for racquetball; Longoria is the only pro player using this grip style.
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Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
- Occupations
- politicianinternational forum participanteconomist
- Biography
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Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal is a Mexican economist and politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He previously served as the Secretary of Economy of Mexico during the presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto.
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Tomás Yarrington
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tomás Jesús Yarrington Ruvalcaba is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He held office as the Mayor of Matamoros from 1993 to 1995, and the Governor of Tamaulipas from 1999 to 2005. Yarrington sought nomination for the presidential elections for the PRI in 2005.
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Tatiana Clouthier Carrillo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tatiana Clouthier Carillo is a Mexican educator, politician and writer. From December 8, 2020 to October 6, 2022, she served as the head of the Secretariat of Economy of Mexico appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Clouthier came to national attention in Mexico as the 2018 presidential campaign manager for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Her work in social media for the campaign has been particularly recognized.
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Alberto Anaya
- Occupations
- politicianlawyereconomist
- Biography
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Alberto Anaya Gutiérrez is a Mexican politician and senator. He is the founder of the Labor Party.
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Fernando Elizondo Barragán
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Fernando Elizondo Barragán is a Mexican Politician, Lawyer, and Businessperson previously affiliated with the National Action Party. He was the interim governor of Nuevo León (2003), former Secretary of Energy in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox, and Nuevo León senator in the LX and LXI legislatures. Fernando Elizondo was born into an upper-class family formed by a prominent local politician, Eduardo Elizondo Lozano, and Laura Barragán. He completed most of his basic studies in Catholic institutions and graduated with honors from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León with a degree in law. In 1971 he received an MBA from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education.
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Cristina Díaz
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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María Cristina Díaz Salazar is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. She is a former municipal president (mayor) of Guadalupe, Nuevo León. Today, she is senator for the state of Nuevo León.
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José Natividad González Parás
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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José Natividad González Parás is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He is a former federal deputy and former governor of Nuevo León (2003–2009) He is also married to Cristina Maiz
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Sanjuana Martínez
- Occupations
- human rights activistjournalist
- Biography
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Sanjuana Martínez Montemayor is a Mexican journalist born on 1963 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. She received Mexico's National Journalism Award in 2006 and the Ortega y Gasset Award in 2008. Since 2019 she has been the director of the Mexican news agency, Notimex.
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Margarita Arellanes Cervantes
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Margarita Arellanes Cervantes is a Mexican politician born in Monterrey affiliated with the National Action Party.
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Arely Muciño
- Occupations
- boxer
- Biography
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Arely Abigaíl Muciño Reyes is a Mexican professional boxer. She held the IBF female flyweight title in 2011, the WBC female flyweight title from 2014 to 2015 and the WBO female flyweight title from 2018 to 2019. As of September 2020, she is ranked as the second best active female flyweight by The Ring and BoxRec.
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Genaro David Góngora
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Genaro David Góngora Pimentel is a Mexican jurist who was a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) from 1995 to 2009 and served as its President (Chief Justice) from 1999 to 2003.
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Reyes Tamez
- Occupations
- immunologistpolitician
- Biography
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Reyes Tamez Guerra is a Mexican immunochemist and politicians. He is a former Secretary of Education for the State of Nuevo León, a former president of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL) and a former Secretary of Education in the cabinet of Vicente Fox (2000–2006).
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Ivonne Liliana Álvarez
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ivonne Liliana Álvarez García is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). In 2012 she was elected to serve as a Senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Nuevo León. She was also Municipal President of Guadalupe, Nuevo León, and has been widely criticized for not fulfilling her term to seek a position in the senate; Álvarez publicly promised during her campaign not to do this. In the 2018 general elections she secured a seat in the lower house of the Mexican congress.
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Pedro Pablo Treviño Villarreal
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pedro Pablo Treviño Villarreal is a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as state secretary of Labor in Nuevo León from 2010 until 2012. federal deputy for the 2012–2015 period by Nuevo León's 12th Federal District and Chairman of the Committee on Budget and Public Accounts in the 62nd Legislature of the Mexican Congress. Managing Director of Lotería Nacional para la Asistencia Pública and Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública until September, 2017. Currently, he is President of PRI's State Steering Committee in Nuevo León.
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Everardo Elizondo
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Everardo Elizondo Almaguer is a Mexican economist who has worked for private, public, and academic institutions. By senatorial appointment, he served as deputy governor of the Bank of Mexico —the country's central bank— from 1998 to 2008.
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María Teresa Herrera
- Occupations
- politicianjudgelawyer
- Biography
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María Teresa Herrera Tello is a Mexican lawyer. She served in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox as Secretary of Agrarian Reform (2000 – 2003).
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Alfonso Rangel Guerra
- Occupations
- university teacherjuristcivil servantacademictranslator
- Biography
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Alfonso Rangel Guerra was a Mexican lawyer, educator, writer and administrator.
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Luis Aguilar
- Occupations
- writertranslator
- Biography
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Luis Aguilar Martínez was a Mexican poet, essayist, narrator, and translator. He was the author of Debe ser ya noviembre (Cuadrivio Ediciones, 2019), Muchachos que no besan en la boca (Vaso Roto Ediciones, 2017), Libre de sospecha: Antología boreal (UANL, 2016) and Los ojos ya deshechos (Secretaría de Cultura de Jalisco, 2007), among other books.
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Silvia Guadalupe Garza
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Silvia Guadalupe Garza Galván is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN. She currently serves as Senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Coahuila.
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Elena Rodriguez-Falcon
- Occupations
- mechanical engineer
- Biography
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Elena Rodriguez-Falcon is a Mexican academic who studied engineering. She is the Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Study Group.
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Ernesto Alfonso Robledo
- Enrolled in the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon
- Graduated with Licentiate in international relations
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ernesto Alfonso Robledo Leal is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN. As of 2013 he served as Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Nuevo León.
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María Elena Chapa
- Enrolled in the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon
- Graduated with Licentiate in philosophy
- Occupations
- politicianauthor
- Biography
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María Elena Chapa Hernández was a Mexican politician who served as a Deputy and as a Senator.
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Jesús Ancer Rodríguez
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Jesús Ancer Rodríguez. Doctor of Philosophy, Mexican researcher and physician. President of the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon. Born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon on January 21 of 1952 and made his professional studies at the Faculty of Medicine of the UANL, for which he is Surgeon and Obstetrician. He specializes in Pathology in the University Hospital "Dr. José Eleuterio González" and the General Hospital of the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Mexico City, focusing on areas of Neuropathology, Dermatopathology and Immunofluorescence. He has two doctorates: one in Pathology, from the Autonomous University of Madrid and one in Medicine from the UANL.
