28 Notable alumni of
Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon
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The Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon is 1556th in the world, 64th in Latin America, and 8th in Mexico by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 28 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
- singertelevision actorclownactorfilm actor
- 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 Nuevo León from 2015 to 2021 and was a candidate in the 2018 presidential election.
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Mauricio Fernández Garza
- Enrolled in the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon
- Studied economics
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Mauricio Fernández Garza was a Mexican politician, businessman, and collector with direct ties to the wealthy and prominent Fernández Ruiloba family, owners of PYOSA (Pigmentos Y Oxidos SA). He served as mayor of San Pedro Garza García, a former senator, and a former member of the board of directors of Grupo Alfa, a Monterrey-based chemical, food, and auto-parts producer. He is well known for his art contributions 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 Singles and the Team event, winning both divisions at the International Racquetball Federation (IRF) 2024 World Championships in San Antonio, Texas. Longoria is the most winning 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
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal is a Mexican economist and politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as the Secretary of Economy during the presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto.
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Adrián de la Garza
- Occupations
- civil servantpolitician
- Biography
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Adrián Emilio de la Garza Santos is a Mexican lawyer and politician who serves as the municipal president of Monterrey since 2024. He previously held the same position for two consecutive terms from 2015 to 2021. He also served as the attorney general of Nuevo León from 2011 to 2015.
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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. She was particularly prominent on social media during the campaign.
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Alberto Anaya
- Occupations
- economistlawyerpolitician
- 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 (PRI). She is a former municipal president (mayor) of Guadalupe, Nuevo León. From 2018 to 2018 she served as a national-list senator.
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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 (PRI). 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
- journalisthuman rights defender
- 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 Mexico's official news agency, Notimex.
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Margarita Arellanes Cervantes
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- 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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Genaro David Góngora
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- 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. He was the President (Chief Justice) of the court from 1999 to 2003.
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Arely Muciño
- Occupations
- boxer
- Biography
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Arely Abigaíl Muciño Reyes is a Mexican professional boxer who is a four-time former female flyweight World champion.
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Reyes Tamez
- Occupations
- politicianimmunologist
- 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, 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 and President of PRI's State Steering Committee in Nuevo León until June 2020.
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Everardo Elizondo
- Occupations
- actoreconomist
- 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
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- 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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Binyamin Temkin
- Occupations
- pedagoguepolitical scientistpolitician
- Biography
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Binyamin "Benny" Temkin is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Meretz between 1992 and 1996.
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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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Alfonso Rangel Guerra
- Occupations
- juristwriterlawyertranslatoruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Alfonso Rangel Guerra was a Mexican lawyer, educator, writer and administrator.
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Elena Rodriguez-Falcon
- Occupations
- mechanical engineer
- Biography
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Elena Rodriguez-Falcon FREng PFHEA is a Mexican professor of engineering education. She is the Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Study Group.
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Luis Aguilar
- Occupations
- translatorpoetshort story writerwriter
- 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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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 National Action Party (PAN). In the 2012 general election he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent Nuevo León's 8th district during the 62nd session of Congress. Six years later, in the 2018 general election, he returned to the Chamber of Deputies to represent Nuevo León's 11th district during the 64th session.
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María Elena Chapa
- Enrolled in the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon
- Graduated with licentiate in philosophy
- Occupations
- authorpolitician
- Biography
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María Elena Chapa Hernández was a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). She served as a deputy twice and as a senator.
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Jesús Ancer Rodríguez
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Jesús Ancer Rodríguez is a Mexican researcher, physician and Doctor of Philosophy. He is president of the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (UANL). He was 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.
