José Narro Robles (born December 5, 1948 in

Saltillo, Coahuila Saltillo () is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. Mexico City, Monterrey, and Saltillo are all connected by a major railroad and hig ...

) is a Mexican researcher, academic, and politician. He is a former director of the

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of the

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(UNAM) and was elected its 23rd

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on November 20, 2007. After two 4-year periods leading UNAM, in February 2016, he was appointed by Mexican President

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to replace Mercedes Juan as head of the Mexican

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. Robles has enacted as adviser for the

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and

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. He has been president of the

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, of which he has been a member since 1992. He has also worked as General Director of Health Services of the

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, Secretary-General of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), Undersecretary of Migratory Services and Population at the Ministry of the Interior (''Secretaría de Gobernación'') and Undersecretary of Health at the Federal Secretariat of Health. He holds a number of honorary doctorates from Latin American and European universities.

Honorary doctorates

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, (2012).. Gaceta UNAM, 6 de diciembre de 2012, página 7, cita a Cristóbal López. *

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(2017), *

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, (2016). *

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(2011). *

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(2016). *

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, (2015) *

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(

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, (2013) *

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, (2015). *

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( UASLP),

, 2015. *

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( UANL),

, (2016).

References

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