10 Notable alumni of Autonomous University of Yucatan
Updated: May 21, 2026 EliteDegrees
Autonomous University of Yucatan is ranked #2,008 in the world and #17 in Mexico by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 10 notable alumni from Autonomous University of Yucatan sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Autonomous University of Yucatan won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Sara Ruiz Chávez
1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Sara Latife Ruiz Chávez is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). In 2015–2018 she represented Quintana Roo and the third electoral region as a plurinominal deputy during the 63rd Congress.
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2. Daniel Gabriel Ávila Ruiz
1971-. (aged 55)
politician
Daniel Gabriel Ávila Ruiz is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN. He currently serves as Senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Yucatán. He also served as Deputy during the LXI Legislature.
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3. Carlos Berlín Montero
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Jorge Carlos Berlín Montero is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). In the 2000 general election he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent the first district of Yucatán.
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4. Mauricio Sahui Rivero
1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Mauricio Sahuí Rivero is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
5. Carlos Manuel Joaquín González
1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Carlos Manuel Joaquín González is a Mexican politician. He was the governor of the state of Quintana Roo from 2016 to 2022 and, from 2009 to 2012, he sat in the Chamber of Deputies representing Quintana Roo's third district. In March 2023, he was appointed Ambassador of Mexico to Canada.
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6. Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín is a Mexican politician who was elected as a Senator for the state of Yucatán to the 64th Congress in the July 2018 general election as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was re-elected to the Senate for Yucatán in the June 2024 general election for the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).
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7. Rolando Zapata Bello
1968-. (aged 58)
lawyer
politician
Rolando Rodrigo Zapata Bello is a Mexican politician and lawyer affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as governor of Yucatán from 2012 to 2018.
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8. Angélica del Rosario Araujo Lara
1964-. (aged 62)
architect
politician
Angélica del Rosario Araujo Lara is a Mexican architect and politician, who served as the Senator for Yucatán. Previously, she was the municipal president of Mérida, Yucatán. She is a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
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9. Ana Rosa Payán
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Ana Rosa Payán Cervera is a Mexican right-wing politician from the state of Yucatán who in 2006 served as Director of the National System for Integral Family Development in the cabinet of Vicente Fox. In 2007 she ran for Governor of Yucatán as the Labor Party–Convergence candidate.
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10. Beatriz Zavala
1957-. (aged 69)
university teacher
minister
politician
María Beatriz Zavala Peniche is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party PAN who has served in the lower and upper house of the Mexican Congress. In 2006 Felipe Calderón designated her as Secretary of Social Development.
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