Juan Ramón de la Fuente

Infobox University Chancellor
name = Juan Ramón de la Fuente

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caption = Juan Ramón de la Fuente.
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university = National Autonomous University of Mexico
term_start = 1999
term_end = 2007
birth_date = 5 September 1951
birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico
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predecessor = Francisco Barnés de Castro
successor = José Narro Robles
alma_mater = National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mayo Clinic
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profession = Psychiatrist
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Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez (born 5 September 1951 in Mexico City) is a Mexican psychiatrist, academician and politician who served as Secretary of Health in the cabinet of President Ernesto Zedillo (1994 - 1999) and as rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) from 1999 to 2007.

De la Fuente graduated with a bachelor's degree in Medicine from the National Autonomous University in 1976 and specialized in Psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, United States. When he returned to Mexico he founded the Clinical Research Unit of the Mexican Institute of Psychiatry and worked as a lecturer at UNAM's School of Medicine, for which he was elected Director in 1991. In 1995 he was elected President of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and four years latter was appointed Secretary of Health by President Zedillo. citeweb | author = United Nations University | title = UNU Council Members: Juan Ramón de la Fuente| url = http://www.unu.edu/council/members/delafuente.html | accessdate = 2008-05-31 |]

In 1999, after a 10-months long student strike, he resigned from the federal cabinet and was appointed Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. After some negotiations the conflict ended through a major plebiscite [citeweb|author = Margen | title=Corresponde a la UNAM decidir qué procede, insiste José Narro Robles | url=http://www.margen.org/unam/22-01.html|] although the federal police forces were called upon to remove and arrest the remaining strikers.citeweb|author = BBC | title = Mexican police storm university | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/633046.stm | date = February 7, 2000 | accessdate = 2006-02-14 |] In 2003 he was reappointed for a second term.

As of 2008 he is a member of the Council of the United Nations University and sits in the board of directors of the Cervantes Institute and "El Universal", an influential newspaper in Mexico City. [citeweb | author = El Universal | title = Dan la bienvenida a Juan Ramón de la Fuente | url = http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/476280.html | language = Spanish | date = 2008-01-22 | accessdate = 2008-05-31 |]

References

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NAME = de la Fuente, Juan Ramón
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = de la Fuente Ramírez, Juan Ramón; de la Fuente, Ramon; de la Fuente, Juan Ramon
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Former Mexican Secretary of Health and Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
DATE OF BIRTH = 5 September 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH = Mexico City, Mexico
DATE OF DEATH =
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