Notable Alumni of Monterrey Institute of Technology [Sorted List]

1. Javier de Lope Francés

1979-. (aged 47)

entrepreneur

Javier de Lope Francés is a Mexican entrepreneur who founded several startups starting in high school. By the end of his college career he had founded 5 businesses, securing one million USD to expand one of them. His career since then has focused on creating new businesses, primarily in real estate and technology in Mexico.

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2. Claudia Caballero Chávez

1982-. (aged 44)

politician

Claudia Gabriela Caballero Chávez is a Mexican politician from the National Action Party. From 2006 to 2009 she served as Deputy of the LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Nuevo León.

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3. David Galindo Delgado

1975-. (aged 51)

politician

David Cuauhtémoc Galindo Delgado is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). In the 2012 general election he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent Sonora's 2nd district during the 62nd Congress.

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4. Daniel Alonso Rodríguez

1998-. (aged 28)

human rights defender

Daniel Alonso Rodriguez is a human rights activist in Mexico, who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017. At that time, he was only nineteen years old, and a law student at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies, Hidalgo campus. His nomination was made by one of his professors, Juan Gabriel Zamora Jimenez, for his unusual...

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5. Mauricio De la Maza-Benignos

1970-. (aged 56)

naturalist ecologist ichthyologist

Mauricio De la Maza-Benignos is a Mexican conservationist, naturalist, zoologist and multi award winning filmmaker. He is also a member of Mexico's National System of Researchers. In addition to his work in ichthyology, he is an agronomist and zootechnician, a jurist, an administrator, and an editor.

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6. Paula Hernández Olmos

1972-. (aged 54)

politician

Paula Angélica Hernández Olmos is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party. From 2009 to 2012 she served as Deputy of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Hidalgo.

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7. Pamela Pulido

1987-. (aged 39)

writer

Sandra Pamela Pulido Ramírez is a Mexican writer and screenwriter. She studied Communication Sciences at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) Monterrey campus and later specialized in Cinema Screenplays at the Center for Cinematographic Training (CCC). She is the author of a children's book titled El Misterioso Aire Azul (2016).

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8. María Elena Estavillo Flores

economist

María Elena Estavillo Flores is a Mexican economist, academic and former Commissioner of the Federal Telecommunications Institute. She holds a bachelor's degree in economics from ITESM as well as M.A. and PhD in economics from the University of Paris. In 2016 and 2017 consecutively, she was featured in Forbes magazine as one of the country's most powerful women. She was...

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9. Jorge Juraidini

1960-. (aged 66)

politician

Jorge Alberto Juraidini Rumilla is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). In the 2009 mid-terms he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent Puebla's 3rd district during the 61st session of Congress.

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10. Héctor Moreira Rodríguez

politician

Héctor Moreira Rodríguez was a former federal cabinet member under president Vicente Fox, a board member of PEMEX and an academic/administrator with the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies in Mexico. He died January 19, 2025 in Monterrey, Mexico.

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11. Flor Ayala Robles Linares

1972-. (aged 54)

politician

Flor Ayala Robles Linares is a Mexican politician. Was Local Deputy for the state of Sonora’s 12th District headed by Hermosillo in the LIX Legislature of the Congress of Sonora. She is currently Federal Deputy by proportional representation in the Chamber of Deputies of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress.

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12. Julio E. Rubio

academic

Julio Ernesto Rubio Barrios is a Mexican researcher and administrator at Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education.

13. Arturo Molina Gutiérrez

1964-. (aged 62)

academic engineer scientist university teacher

Arturo Molina Gutiérrez is a Mexican scientist, researcher and academic engineer specializing in computer systems, manufacturing and advanced materials.

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14. Sue Ellen Bernal

1982-. (aged 44)

politician

Sue Ellen Bernal Bolnik is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

15. Antonio Juan Marcos Villarreal

1976-. (aged 50)

businessperson politician

Antonio Juan Marcos Villarreal is a Mexican politician and businessman, member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and Coahuila's congressman.

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16. Adolfo Toledo Infanzón

1961-. (aged 65)

politician

Adolfo Toledo Infanzón is a Mexican politician, member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and the current Senator in the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress from the State of Oaxaca.

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17. Teofilo F. Gonzalez

1948-. (aged 78)

computer scientist

Teofilo Francisco Gonzalez Arce is a Mexican-American computer scientist who is professor emeritus of computer science at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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18. Araceli Ardón

1958-. (aged 68)

writer

Araceli Ardón is a Mexican writer from Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro.

19. Claudia de Heredia Romo

1982-. (aged 44)

entrepreneur

Claudia de Heredia Romo is a Mexican e-commerce entrepreneur.

20. Irazema González Martínez

1974-. (aged 52)

politician

Irazema González Martínez Olivares is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). In the 2012 general election she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies to represent the State of Mexico's 24th district during the 62nd session of Congress.

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21. Lorea Canales

lawyer

Lorea Canales is a lawyer, journalist, translator and writer. Her books, Apenas Marta (2011) and Los Perros (2013), have been critically well-received and featured at the International Book Fair in Monterrey, Guadalajara and at the Instituto de Cervantes in New York. An English translation of Apenas Marta (Becoming Marta) was released in the U.S. in early 2016.

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22. Betsy Boze

academic

Dr. Betsy Vogel Boze, is an American academic and higher education administrator who is currently serving as the ninth President of The College of The Bahamas. Previously, she worked as a professor of marketing, department chair, dean, and CEO of Kent State University at Stark, before serving as the president of The College of The Bahamas. She is a senior...

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23. Rodolfo Elizondo Torres

1946-. (aged 80)

politician

Rodolfo Elizondo Torres is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN.

24. Juan Manuel Fócil Pérez

1963-. (aged 63)

politician

Juan Manuel Fócil Pérez is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). He is a native of Villahermosa, Tabasco.

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25. Jorge Luis Lavalle Maury

1975-. (aged 51)

politician

Jorge Luis Lavalle Maury is a Mexican politician formerly affiliated with the National Action Party. From September 2012 to September 2018, Lavalle served as first minority senator representing the state of Campeche in the Mexican senate.

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26. Isaac Farchi

1960-. (aged 66)

politician

Isaac Farchi Sultán is a Guatemalan businessman and politician. He is the son of the businessman Nissim Farchi Finkelstain, an Israeli born in Bulgaria, and Vilma Sultan Berchowitz, a Guatemalan of Israeli origin. Farchi was the first Jew to hold a public office in Guatemala. He ran as a presidential candidate in the 2019 and 2023 general elections, placing fifth...

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27. Lilia Aguilar

1977-. (aged 49)

politician

Lilia Aguilar Gil is a Mexican politician who serves in the Chamber of Deputies as a member of the Labor Party.

28. Heriberto Félix Guerra

1962-. (aged 64)

economist businessperson politician

Jesús Heriberto Félix Guerra is a Mexican economist and entrepreneur invited to the policy since 2004, a supporter of the National Action Party. He graduated in economics from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. He served as Secretary of Social Development of Mexico by appointment of then President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa since December 9 of 2009 to...

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29. María Elena Orantes

1968-. (aged 58)

politician

María Elena Orantes López is a Mexican politician from the Citizens' Movement party. She serves as a deputy of the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing the third electoral region and the state of Chiapas.

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30. Francisco Gonzalez Pulido

1970-. (aged 56)

painter architect

Francisco González-Pulido is a Mexican architect. From 1992 to 1998, he worked predominately independently. In 1999, he joined the Chicago firm Murphy/Jahn Architects (which he later renamed JAHN in 2012). He has worked on a wide range of building typologies with a strong emphasis on the design of skyscrapers and airports in America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. After...

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31. Gastón Luken Garza

1959-. (aged 67)

politician

Gastón Luken Garza is a Mexican entrepreneur and politician. He has been president of the State Electoral Institute of Baja California, comptroller general of the government of Mexico City, citizen advisor for the Federal Electoral Institute and congressmen for the National Action Party (PAN) in the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress. In 2016, he was the first independent candidate...

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32. Manuel Sánchez González

1950-. (aged 76)

economist

Manuel Sánchez is a Mexican economist with a wide-ranging professional career that includes positions in academics, banking, and central banking. He was nominated by President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa on April 23, 2009, as Deputy Governor and member of the Board of Governors at Banco de México, Mexico's central bank, for a term that ended on December 31, 2016. His appointment...

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33. Edgar Olvera Higuera

1969-. (aged 57)

politician

Edgar Armando Olvera Higuera is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN).

34. Zeferino Torreblanca

1954-. (aged 72)

politician

Carlos Zeferino Torreblanca Galindo is a Mexican politician previously affiliated with the PRD Party of the Democratic Revolution now affiliated with the PT (Labor Party) and former governor of Guerrero. He is the first non PRI member to hold the position.

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35. Liliana V. Blum

1974-. (aged 52)

writer

Liliana Blum is a Mexican short story writer.

36. Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape

1956-. (aged 70)

university teacher economist civil servant

Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape is a Mexican economist. He served as chief economic advisor to President Vicente Fox and as Secretary of Economy in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón from December 1, 2006 to August 6, 2008.

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37. Eviel Pérez Magaña

1963-. (aged 63)

politician

Eviel Pérez Magaña is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). After being the last Minister of Social Development from 2018 to 2019 during the administration of Enrique Peña Nieto, he dedicated to his private business and enterprises. Before being the head of the ministry he was its undersecretary of social development programs. Previously he was a...

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38. Juan Pablo Adame

1985-2023 (aged 38)

politician

Juan Pablo Adame Alemán was a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN. He served as Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress (2012–2015) representing Morelos. He was the son of Marco Antonio Adame, who served as governor of Morelos for 2006 to 2012.

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39. Francisco de Paula Búrquez

1958-. (aged 68)

politician

Francisco "Pancho" Búrquez Valenzuela is a Mexican politician and was member of the National Action Party (PAN) until his resignation in 2018. He is a senator in the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Sonora.

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40. Raúl Paz Alonzo

1976-. (aged 50)

politician

Raúl Paz Alonzo is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) who previously belonged to the National Action Party (PAN).

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41. Rafael Rangel Sostmann

1941-. (aged 85)

educator

Rafael Rangel Sostmann is a Mexican engineer and academic who served as president of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) from 1985 to 2011. He is a recipient of several honorary degrees, awarded, among others, by Georgetown University (2008), the University of British Columbia (2003), Arizona State University (2004) and the Thunderbird School of Global Management (2009); serves in the...

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42. Ignacio Loyola Vera

1954-. (aged 72)

politician

Ignacio Loyola Vera is a Mexican politician. A member of the National Action Party (PAN), he served as Governor of Querétaro from 1 October 1997 to 30 September 2003.

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43. Gabriela Sommerfeld

1971-. (aged 55)

manager politician

María Gabriela Sommerfeld Rosero became the Ecuadorian foreign minister in 2023. She led tourism for Quito, and had been the CEO of multiple airlines and a leading hotel.

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44. Rafael Pacchiano Alamán

1975-. (aged 51)

politician

Rafael Pacchiano Alamán is a Mexican politician from the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico who is the current Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico. From 2009 to 2012 he served as Deputy of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Querétaro.

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45. Enrique Martínez y Martínez

1948-. (aged 78)

diplomat politician

Enrique Martinez y Martinez is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Revolutionary Institutional Party. He has served as Mexico's Ambassador to Cuba since 2016. He previously served as Governor of Coahuila from 2 December 1999 to 17 February 2005.

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46. Manuel Cavazos Lerma

1946-. (aged 80)

politician

Manuel Cavazos Lerma is a Mexican politician and economist from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as governor of Tamaulipas from 1993–1999.

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47. Patricio Martínez García

1948-. (aged 78)

politician

Patricio Martínez García is a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Martínez served as the governor of Chihuahua from 1998 until 2004.

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48. Félix González Canto

1968-. (aged 58)

politician economist

Félix Arturo González Canto is a Mexican politician and economist, affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). From 2005 until 2011 he was the governor of the state of Quintana Roo.

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49. Luis Pazos

1947-. (aged 79)

economist lawyer politician

Luis Pazos is a Mexican economist, writer and politician. He has a degree in Economics and Administration from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Monterrey TEC), and a degree in Law from the Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City. He studied public administration at New York University (NYU).

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50. Cristina Ferral

1993-. (aged 33)

association football player

Cristina del Carmen Ferral Montalván is a Mexican footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX Femenil club Guadalajara on loan from Tigres UANL, and the Mexico women's national team.

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51. Álvaro Cueva

1968-. (aged 58)

journalist television critic

Álvaro Cueva is a Mexican television critic and journalist who works in print, television and radio. When he began his career in the 1980s, Mexican newspapers were not interested in columns about television and he began writing about cinema. However, he eventually convinced newspapers to let him write about television, at first under a pseudonym. He briefly left writing when...

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52. Alejandra Lagunes

1971-. (aged 55)

politician

Alejandra Lagunes Soto Ruiz is a Mexican Senator. She served as National Digital Strategy Coordinator for México's Office of the Presidency (2012-2018). She was Google Mexico co-founder worked for companies as a sales manager for both MSN and Yahoo. She also worked as press chief for the presidency of Ernesto Zedillo (1994–2000).

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53. Jorge Torres López

1954-. (aged 72)

politician

Jorge Juan Torres López is a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Torres served as the Governor of Coahuila from January 4, 2011, until December 1, 2011.

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54. Indira Kempis Martínez

1982-. (aged 44)

politician

Indira Kempis Martínez is a Mexican politician who served as a senator from Nuevo León from 2018 to 2024. A former member of Citizens' Movement (MC), Kempis became an independent in December 2023. In January 2024, she joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) as a senator within their caucus.

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55. Carmen Victoria Félix Chaidez

1985-. (aged 41)

scientist

Carmen Victoria Félix Chaidez is a scientist, engineer, and the first Mexican to work on simulations for future Mars missions with space analogs. She has been credited in part for creating the Mexican Space Agency and promoting space-related careers in her native country. Her work has been recognized by her home state of Sinaloa and Quien magazine named her as...

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56. Héctor Murguía Lardizábal

1953-2024 (aged 71)

politician

Héctor Murguía Lardizábal was a Mexican politician. He was a senator, a federal deputy in the 61st Congress (2009–2010 and mayor of Ciudad Juárez from 2004 to 2007 and 2010 to 2013.

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57. Manuel Clouthier Carrillo

1961-. (aged 65)

politician

Manuel Jesús Clouthier Carrillo is a Mexican politician. From 2009 to 2012, and again since 2015, he has served as Deputy of the LXI and LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Sinaloa. For the final four months of his term in the LXI Legislature and again in the LXIII Legislature, he served as an independent after his resignation from...

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58. Gabino Cué Monteagudo

1966-. (aged 60)

politician economist

Gabino Cué Monteagudo is a Mexican politician. He was previously governor of the state of Oaxaca, and the first non-PRI winning candidate in the state in 80 years. He previously ran for governor in 2004, losing to Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, the PRI-candidate and current outgoing state governor.

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59. Egidio Torre Cantú

1957-. (aged 69)

politician

Egidio Torre Cantú is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as governor of Tamaulipas for the term 2011 through 2016.

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60. Héctor García-Molina

1954-2019 (aged 65)

computer scientist university teacher

Héctor García-Molina was a Mexican computer scientist and Professor in the Departments of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He was the advisor to Google co-founder Sergey Brin from 1993 to 1997 when Brin was a computer science student at Stanford.

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61. Fernando Canales Clariond

1946-. (aged 80)

politician

Fernando de Jesús Canales Clariond is a Mexican politician and businessman affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He succeeded his cousin, Benjamín Clariond as governor of Nuevo León in 1997. He also served as Secretary of Economy and as Secretary of Energy in the cabinet of Vicente Fox.

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62. Macario Schettino

economist

Macario Schettino is a Mexican economist and political analyst, who calls himself "dedicated to the analysis of reality." He speaks and writes about what is happening in Mexico from a combined social, political and economic perspective.

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63. Maki Esther Ortíz Dominguez

1962-. (aged 64)

politician

Maki Esther Ortiz Domínguez is a Mexican politician. At different times she has been affiliated to both the National Action Party (PAN) and the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM).

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64. David Noel Ramírez Padilla

1950-2025 (aged 75)

writer

David Noel Ramírez Padilla KSG was a Mexican academic administrator who was the dean of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education university system (ITESM), which has thirty-one campuses in various parts of Mexico. Ramírez's education and career as an educator and administrator were all around this university system, culminating in his position beginning in January 2011. Additionally, he...

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65. Román Meyer Falcón

1983-. (aged 43)

politician

Román Guillermo Meyer Falcón is a Mexican politician and member of the National Regeneration Movement. He was appointed to the Cabinet of Mexico as Secretary of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in December 2018.

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66. Marcela Guerra Castillo

1959-. (aged 67)

politician

Marcela Guerra Castillo is a Mexican politician from Nuevo León. She was a local deputy in the Congress of Nuevo León and twice a federal deputy of the Congress of Mexico. From 2012 to 2018, she was a senator representing the state of Nuevo León in the LXII and LXIII Legislatures.

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67. Blanca Treviño

1959-. (aged 67)

business executive

Blanca Avelina Treviño de Vega is president and executive director of Softtek, a Mexican information and communication technologies company, the largest independent service provider in Latin America.

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68. María Eugenia Campos Galván

1975-. (aged 51)

politician

María Eugenia Campos Galván, commonly known as Maru Campos, is a Mexican politician and lawyer affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). She has served as Governor of the State of Chihuahua since 2021, becoming the first woman to hold the position. Before that, she was a federal deputy in the LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress from 2013 to...

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69. Ernesto Ruffo Appel

1952-. (aged 74)

politician

Ernesto Ruffo Appel is a Mexican politician, who served as the 10th governor of Baja California from 1989 to 1995. A member of the National Action Party (PAN), Ruffo was the first state governor not affiliated with the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) since 1929.

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70. Manolo Jiménez Salinas

1984-. (aged 42)

politician

Manolo Jiménez Salinas is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

71. Eugenio Javier Hernández Flores

1959-. (aged 67)

politician

Eugenio Javier Hernández Flores is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was the mayor of Ciudad Victoria from 2001 to 2004 and governor of Tamaulipas from 2004 to 2010, and was also a federal deputy in 2000–2001 and coordinator of the Financial Committee of Tomás Yarrington during his campaign. On May 27, 2015, he was...

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72. Eduardo Bours

1956-. (aged 70)

businessperson politician

José Eduardo Robinson Bours Castelo is a Mexican businessman who served as governor of Sonora under the Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI. He is a member of the Robinson Bours family which immigrated from the United States in the 19th century. Before being elected governor, he served as Senator representing his state in the Mexican Senate. In 2000, he won the...

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73. José Horacio Gómez

1951-. (aged 75)

philosopher Catholic bishop Catholic priest

José Horacio Gómez Velasco is a Mexican-American prelate of the Catholic Church. He became the fifth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in California in 2011. He previously served as Auxiliary Bishop of Denver in Colorado from 2001 to 2004 and as Archbishop of San Antonio in Texas from 2004 to 2010.

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74. Alfonso Romo

1950-. (aged 76)

businessperson engineer

Alfonso Carlos Romo Garza, known as Alfonso Romo, is a Monterrey businessman, agro-industrialist. He founded the Opción Ciudadana (Citizen Option) party in 2005. He is the owner of VECTOR Casa de Bolsa, the largest fund management company in Latin America.

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75. Fernando del Rincón

1969-. (aged 57)

journalist executive producer

Fernando López del Rincón is a Mexican television presenter who is well known throughout Latin America and by the Latino community in the U.S. He has worked at both Telemundo and Univision, and since 2010 has been employed by CNN en Español, based in Atlanta, Georgia. He hosts that network's prime-time newscast Panorama USA and also serves as main anchor...

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76. Carlos Manuel Urzúa Macías

1955-2024 (aged 69)

economist mathematician politician

Carlos Manuel Urzúa Macías was a Mexican politician and academic who was Professor of Economics at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City and Santa Fe campuses. He was a National Researcher and a member of the Mexican Academy of Science. Urzúa Macías served as the Secretary of Finance for the Mexico City government from 2000 to 2003. He was also...

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77. Eugenio Garza Lagüera

1923-2008 (aged 85)

banker businessperson entrepreneur

Eugenio Garza Lagüera was a Mexican businessman and philanthropist who served as chairman of the board of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) and Femsa, Latin America's largest beverage corporation. In February 2008 he was laureated with the Business Social Responsibility Award from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a nonpartisan institution created by the U.S. Congress within the...

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78. Hugo Salinas Price

1932-. (aged 94)

businessperson philanthropist

Hugo Salinas Price is a Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder of Mexico's Elektra retail chain.

79. Carlos Gutierrez

1953-. (aged 73)

entrepreneur politician

Carlos Miguel Gutierrez is an American former CEO and former United States Secretary of Commerce. He is currently a co-founder and executive chairman of EmPath. Gutierrez is a former chairman of the board and CEO of the Kellogg Company. He served as the 35th U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 2005 to 2009.

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80. Ricardo Salinas Pliego

1965-. (aged 61)

entrepreneur

Ricardo Benjamín Salinas Pliego is a Mexican business magnate, founder and chairman of Grupo Salinas, a corporate conglomerate with interests in telecommunications, media, financial services, and retail.

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81. Alfonso Durazo Montaño

1954-. (aged 72)

lawyer civil engineer politician

Francisco Alfonso Durazo Montaño is a Mexican politician who served as chief spokesman and private secretary of President Vicente Fox. Representing the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), he is the current governor of Sonora.

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82. Justine Pasek

1979-. (aged 47)

concept artist beauty pageant contestant

Justine Lissette "Yostin" Pasek Patiño is a Panamanian-Polish model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2002. Originally the first runner-up at the Miss Universe 2002 competition, Pasek became the first ever runner-up to be crowned the winner after the termination of original winner Oxana Fedorova.

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83. Hanna Jaff

1986-. (aged 40)

human rights defender socialite television personality influencer

Hanna, Marchioness of Guadiaro is an American-born Mexican television personality who runs the non-profit Jaff Foundation for Education. She is married to Francisco de Borja Queipo de Llano y Campomanes, 6th Marquess of Guadiaro and eldest son of the 12th Count of Toreno and Grandee of Spain.

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84. Mariana Rodríguez Cantú

1995-. (aged 31)

civil servant model businessperson influencer

Mariana Rodríguez Cantú is a Mexican businesswoman, influencer, model, and politician who is currently the Head of Amar a Nuevo León. She is the owner of the Mar Cosmetics brand.

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85. Caloncho

1986-. (aged 40)

composer singer activist musician

Óscar Alfonso Castro, better known as Caloncho, is a Mexican musician and singer.

86. Lorenzo Zambrano

1944-2014 (aged 70)

businessperson chief executive officer

Lorenzo Hormisdas Zambrano Treviño was a Mexican businessman and philanthropist. He took over Cemex, a regional cement company founded by his grandfather, and transformed it into one of the largest cement producers in the world by the time of his death. Zambrano also financed several cultural initiatives across Latin America and chaired, from 1997 to 2012, the board of trustees...

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87. Tatiana Clouthier Carrillo

1964-. (aged 62)

politician

Tatiana Clouthier Carillo is a Mexican educator, politician and writer. From December 8, 2020 to October 6, 2022, she served as the head of the Secretariat of Economy of Mexico appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Clouthier came to national attention in Mexico as the 2018 presidential campaign manager for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. She was particularly prominent...

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88. Fernando Elizondo Barragán

1949-. (aged 77)

politician

Fernando Elizondo Barragán is a Mexican Politician, Lawyer, and Businessperson previously affiliated with the National Action Party. He was the interim governor of Nuevo León (2003), former Secretary of Energy in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox, and Nuevo León senator in the LX and LXI legislatures. Fernando Elizondo was born into an upper-class family formed by a prominent local...

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89. Mauricio Fernández Garza

1950-2025 (aged 75)

businessperson politician

Mauricio Fernández Garza was a Mexican politician, businessman, and collector with direct ties to the wealthy and prominent Fernández Ruiloba family, owners of PYOSA (Pigmentos Y Oxidos SA). He served as mayor of San Pedro Garza García, a former senator, and a former member of the board of directors of Grupo Alfa, a Monterrey-based chemical, food, and auto-parts producer. He...

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90. Victoria Rodríguez Ceja

1977-. (aged 49)

civil servant economist

Victoria Rodríguez Ceja is a Mexican economist and civil servant. She has been the governor of the Bank of Mexico since January 1, 2022, the first woman to hold the position.

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91. 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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92. Francisco Javier Mayorga Castañeda

1951-. (aged 75)

economist businessperson politician

Francisco Javier Mayorga Castañeda is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón from 7 September 2009 to November 30, 2012. He had previously served in the same post from 28 September 2005 to 30 November 2006 in the administration of President Vicente Fox.

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93. Enrique Peña Nieto

1966-. (aged 60)

lawyer politician

Enrique Peña Nieto OMRI CYC GCB, commonly referred to by his initials EPN, is a Mexican former politician and lawyer who served as the 64th president of Mexico from 2012 to 2018. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he previously was Governor of the State of Mexico from 2005 to 2011, local deputy from 2003 to 2004, and...

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94. Jorge Máynez

1985-. (aged 41)

politician

Jorge Álvarez Máynez is a Mexican politician currently serving as the national coordinator of Citizens' Movement. He was elected as a state deputy to the Congress of Zacatecas in 2010 and as a federal deputy to the Congress of the Union in 2015 and 2021. In 2024, he was nominated as Citizens' Movement's presidential candidate for the 2024 general election.

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95. Ismael Hernández

1990-. (aged 36)

modern pentathlete

Ismael Alfredo Hernández Deras is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as Governor of the State of Durango from September 15, 2004 to September 14, 2010. Hernández has previously served as municipal president (mayor) and senator.

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96. Marina del Pilar

1985-. (aged 41)

lawyer politician

Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda is a Mexican politician and attorney. A member of the MORENA party, she is the current Governor of Baja California, the first woman to serve in the position. Prior to this, she was the first woman to serve as mayor of Mexicali from 2019 to 2021, and represented Baja California's 2nd electoral district in the...

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97. Víctor Oswaldo Fuentes Solís

1975-. (aged 51)

politician

Víctor Oswaldo Fuentes Solís is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN).

98. Silvia Hernández Sánchez

1976-. (aged 50)

politician economist

Silvia Vanessa Hernández Sánchez is a Costa Rican economist and politician who has been President of the country's Legislative Assembly since 1 May 2021.

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99. Marion Reimers

1985-. (aged 41)

commentator professor sports journalist activist journalist

Marion Renate Reimers Tusche is a Mexican sports journalist, analyst, and television host. She is currently signed to TNT Sports Mexico. She is best known for her tenure with Fox Sports Mexico and Fox Deportes, where she anchored the nightly sports news program Central Fox from 2008 to 2021. She is also the co-founder and president of the non-profit, non-government...

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