Juan Carlos Romero Hicks (

Guanajuato Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city i ...

, Guanajuato; December 10, 1955) is a Mexican politician and elected official, member of the National Action Party , and a Federal Senator since August 29, 2012. He was the Director General of the

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(CONACyT) from 2006 to 2011. He served as

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from 2000 to 2006. From 1991 to 1999 he served as Chancellor of the University of Guanajuato.

Education and Academia

Romero holds a

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from the

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and two master's degrees from

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and

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. Most of his early professional life was dedicated to academia as a Professor in the

of which he became a Chancellor from 1991 to 1999 under Governor

Carlos Medina Plascencia Carlos Medina Plascencia (born 14 August 1955 in León, Guanajuato) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the conservative National Action Party (PAN). He is a former mayor of León, senator and interim governor of Guanajuato (1991 – 19 ...

. On May 21, 1994, during his term as Chancellor the University of Guanajuato became autonomous. He also participated in an important number of academic organisms and institutions including the Presidency of the Inter-American Organization for Higher Education and the

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Political career

He joined the National Action Party in 1999 and in 2000 he became Governor of his native State

. On December 7, 2006 he was appointed by President

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Director General for the Mexican National Science and Technology Council where he served until March, 2011. Currently he is a Federal Senator for the LXII and LXIII legislative periods where he is President of de Education Commission, Secretary of the Science and Technology Commission and the North American Foreign Affairs Commission, and member of the Foreign Affairs Commission. Mexico's major Constitutional Reform on Education was passed under his Presidency of the Senate Education Commission in December 2011. He has also been an advocate on behalf of migrants and their humanitarian assistance.

References

The Cabinet - Director General of CONACyT - Juan Carlos Romero Hicks
Government of Mexico. Accessed 2011-03-11. 1955 births Living people National Action Party (Mexico) politicians Governors of Guanajuato Politicians from Guanajuato People from Guanajuato City Mexican people of English descent Southern Oregon University alumni 21st-century Mexican politicians Members of the Constituent Assembly of Mexico City Universidad de Guanajuato alumni Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) for Guanajuato Senators of the LXII and LXIII Legislatures of Mexico {{Mexico-politician-NationalAction-stub