14 Notable alumni of
University of Veracruz
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The University of Veracruz is 1782nd in the world, 75th in Latin America, and 10th in Mexico by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from the University of Veracruz sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Mabel Cadena
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Mitzi Mabel Martínez Cadena is a Mexican actress known for starring in the 2020 films Dance of the 41 and La diosa del asfalto, as well as the 2019 television series Hernán. She made her Hollywood debut playing Namora in the 2022 film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
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Francisco Lagos Cházaro
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Francisco Jerónimo de Jesús Lagos Cházaro Mortero was the acting President of Mexico designated by the Convention of Aguascalientes from 10 June to 10 October 1915.
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Fernanda Melchor
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- translatornovelistjournalistwriter
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Fernanda Melchor is a Mexican writer best known for her novel Hurricane Season for which she won the 2019 Anna Seghers Prize and a place on the shortlist for the 2020 International Booker Prize.
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Dante Delgado Rannauro
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- diplomatlawyerpolitician
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Dante Alfonso Delgado Rannauro is a Mexican politician, lawyer, and diplomat who is the national coordinator and co-founder of the Citizens' Movement political party.
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Rockdrigo
- Enrolled in the University of Veracruz
- Studied in 1975
- Occupations
- composersongwriterpoetsinger
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Rodrigo González, better known as Rockdrigo or El profeta del nopal ("The Nopal Prophet"), was a Mexican singer-songwriter. He died at age 35 with his girlfriend, Francoise Bardinet, when the apartment building in which he was living collapsed in the Mexico City earthquake of 19 September 1985. His early death made him a legend in Mexican rock.
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Cuitlahuac Garcia
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- teachermechanical engineerpolitician
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Cuitláhuac García Jiménez is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) who currently serves as Governor of Veracruz. Previously, he represented Veracruz's tenth district as a federal deputy in the 63rd session of Congress.
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Eraclio Zepeda
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- novelistpoliticianshort story writerwriterpoet
- Biography
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Eraclio Zepeda was a Mexican writer, poet and politician.
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Amaranta Gómez Regalado
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- anthropologisthuman rights defender
- Biography
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Amaranta Gómez Regalado is a Mexican Muxe social anthropologist, political candidate, HIV prevention activist, social researcher, columnist and promoter of pre-Columbian indigenous cultural identity.
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Héctor Yunes Landa
- Occupations
- politician
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Héctor Yunes Landa is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PRI. From 2012 to 2016, he represented Veracruz as a senator in the LXII and LXIII Legislatures of the Mexican Congress. He also served as Deputy from 1985 to 1988 in the LIII Legislature.
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Agnes Torres
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- researcherhuman rights defenderpsychologistLGBTQ rights activist
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Agnes Torres Hernández, or Agnés Torres was a Mexican psychologist, researcher, and transgender activist.
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Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia
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- lawyerjudge
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Guillermo Iberio Ortiz Mayagoitia is a Mexican jurist and former Supreme Court Justice. He previously served as the President (Chief Justice) of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation from 2 January 2007 to 31 December 2010.
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Carmen Medel Palma
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- politicianphysician
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Carmen Medel Palma is a Mexican doctor and politician, a member of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA). She served as a federal deputy in the 64th session of Congress from 2018 to 2021, representing Veracruz's 14th district. She was subsequently elected the municipal president of Minatitlán, Veracruz.
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Marco Antonio Bernal
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- politician
- Biography
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Andrés Marco Antonio Bernal Gutiérrez was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). In 1985–1987 he was the federal government's Commissioner for Peace for negotiations in the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas. He later represented his party in both chambers of the Congress of the Union but was unsuccessful on the two occasions he sought its nomination to compete for the governorship of his home state of Tamaulipas.
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Gonzálo Guízar
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- politician
- Biography
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Gonzalo Guízar Valladares is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (formerly with the Institutional Revolutionary Party). In the 2003 mid-terms he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent Veracruz's 22nd district for the PRI during the 59th session of Congress.
