José Narro Robles

José Narro Robles (born December 5, 1948, in Saltillo, Coahuila) is a Mexican physician, researcher, academic, and politician. He is a former director of the Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and was elected its 23rd Rector on November 20, 2007.^[1] After two 4-year periods leading UNAM, in February 2016, he was appointed by Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to replace Mercedes Juan as head of the Mexican Secretariat of Health.^[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Narro and the second or maternal family name is Robles.

José Narro Robles
Secretary of Health
In office 8 February 2016 – 30 November 2018
President	Enrique Peña Nieto
Preceded by	Mercedes Juan López
Succeeded by	Jorge Alcocer Varela
Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
In office 17 November 2007 – 16 November 2015
Preceded by	Juan Ramón de la Fuente
Succeeded by	Enrique Graue Wiechers
Personal details
Born	(1948-12-05) December 5, 1948 (age 75) Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.
Political party	Independent (since 2019)
Other political affiliations	Institutional Revolutionary Party (1973-2019)
Residence	Mexico City
Alma mater	National Autonomous University of Mexico (MD) University of Birmingham (MPH)
Known for	Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico

Robles has enacted as adviser for the World Health Organization, WHO and UNICEF. He has been president of the National Academy of Medicine, of which he has been a member since 1992.^[1] He has also worked as General Director of Health Services of the Mexican Federal District, 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.^[3] He holds a number of honorary doctorates from Latin American and European universities.

Honorary doctorates

• University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, (2012).^[4]
• Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile (2017),^[5]
• Universidad de la Habana, Cuba, (2016).^[6]
• Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco (2011).^[7]
• Universidad de Salamanca, Spain (2016).^[8]
• Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, México, (2015) ^[9]
• Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), México, (2013)
• Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, México, (2015).
• Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP), México, 2015.
• Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL), México, (2016).^[10]

References

1. La Jornada (2007-11-13). "José Narro Robles; la UNAM tiene nuevo rector" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-11-15.
2. "Cambios en el gabinete de Peña: Nuevos titulares de Pemex, IMSS y la Secretaría de Salud". Animal Político (in Spanish). 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
3. El Universal (2007-11-13). "Semblanza: José Narro Robles" (in Spanish).
4. "Gaceta UNAM" (PDF). Gaceta Unam. Agenda. (4 476). 2012. ISSN 0188-5138.^{[permanent dead link]}. Gaceta UNAM, 6 de diciembre de 2012, página 7, cita a Cristóbal López.
5. "Doctorado Honoris Causa, Santiago de Chile". El Economista (in Spanish). 2017-07-04.
6. "Desplegado Oficial Universidad de la Habana, Cuba". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
7. "Gaceta UNAM" (PDF). Gaceta Unam. Agenda. (4 320). 2011. ISSN 0188-5138.^{[permanent dead link]}
8. "Discurso Salamanca, Doctorado Honoris Causa". 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
9. "Doctorado Honoris Causa, Universidad de Campeche". 2015. Archived from the original on 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2017-10-31. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
10. Medina, Blanca; Cantú, Gisel; Gámez, Francisco; Loredo, Eduardo (2016-09-14). "Reconoce UANL a intelectuales, educadores y humanistas" (in Spanish). Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Archived from the original on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-10-31.