Carlos Ramírez Ulloa (November 6, 1903 – December 22, 1980) was a Mexican

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. Ramírez was born in

Guadalajara, Jalisco Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Mexico, while the Guadalaj ...

. At the age of 21 he completed his degree as a civil engineer at the . He became part of the team that initiated the (1926–1928 and 1929–1934) and of the (1934–1936) which coordinated works for the protection of Mexico City against flooding. On December 18, 1937, he married Esther Otero Gonzalez, and they had six sons together: Jorge, Carlos, Sergio, Javier, Mario, and Oscar Ramirez Otero. In 1937 the president Lazaro Cardenas asked him to create and organize the (CFE); in 1952 to 1959 he became the first director of the . In this 16 years of work he completed or started the construction of 37

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dams, 13 thermoelectric plants and one

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power plant. These projects consolidated the provisioning of energy to power all of Mexico, allowing economic growth through improvement in irrigation, industrial and residential systems. He led the nationalization of the electrical companies of Chapala, Morelia, Uruapan, Tlaxcala, Moncolva, Occidental, and others, serving on their boards of directors. In 1946 he became founder member of the . Ramírez was the first general manager of (IEM), manufacturing company of products for the power generation and electrical markets. From 1948 to 1952 he became the technical director of the , participating in several important construction projects. These included the

Miguel Alemán Dam The Miguel Alemán Dam is on the Tonto River in the Papaloapan Region of Oaxaca state in southern Mexico, just upstream from the town of Temascal or Nuevo Soyaltepec, forming the Miguel Alemán Lake with an area of 47,800 hectares. The dam opera ...

on the

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, upstream from

Temascal, Oaxaca Temascal is a town in the Mexican state of Oaxaca which is the seat of the municipality of San Miguel Soyaltepec. It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region. The name ''Soyaltepec'' means "hill of palm trees" in Náhuatl but the ...

. It has a capacity of , or . From 1959 to 1980 he participated in several companies including , focusing on projects for drinking water, irrigation, hydrolectric power, geohydrology, pollution control, and economic planning. In 1965 Carlos became the president founder of the . In 1977 he received the first Lazaro Cardenas Medal from the president Lopez Portillo, and in 1978 he received the . After his death in December 1980, the , gave a tribute to their late member on February 11, 1981. During the tribute, a request was made to honour Ramírez by having his remains reinterred at the Rotunda of Illustrious Persons. The president approved the arrangement on July 12; the remains were moved there on August 14, 2011. Two institutions bear his name in recognition to his life achievements: * The dam known as El Caracol "Ing. Carlos Ramírez Ulloa" * Escuela Secundaria Tecnica No. 39 "Ing. Carlos Ramírez Ulloa" since 1983

References

* Jose Rogelio Alvarez (1988). "Ramirez Ulloa Carlos" ''Enciclopedia de México'', Mexico TOMO XII. * Eduardo Langange O. (1998). ''Pensamiento y Obra de los Ingenieros Civiles Mexicanos'', TOMO II, pp. 10―20., Mexico. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramirez, Carlos 1903 births 1980 deaths Mexican civil engineers People from Guadalajara, Jalisco