Juan Ramón de la Fuente
Juan Ramón de la Fuente | |
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De la Fuente in 2025 | |
| Secretary of Foreign Affairs | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2024 | |
| President | Claudia Sheinbaum |
| Preceded by | Alicia Bárcena Ibarra |
| Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations | |
| In office 21 December 2018 – 13 September 2023 | |
| Nominated by | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
| Appointed by | Senate of Mexico |
| Preceded by | Juan José Ignacio Gómez Camacho |
| Succeeded by | Alicia Buenrostro Massieu |
| Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico | |
| In office 17 November 1999 – 16 November 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Francisco Barnés de Castro |
| Succeeded by | José Narro Robles |
| Secretary of Health | |
| In office 1 December 1994 – 17 November 1999 | |
| President | Ernesto Zedillo |
| Preceded by | Jesús Kumate Rodríguez |
| Succeeded by | José Antonio González Fernández |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 5, 1951 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Political party | Independent |
| Parent(s) | Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz Beatriz Ramírez de la Fuente |
| Education | Physician with a specialization in psychiatry |
| Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico (MD, 1969–1975) University of Minnesota (Specialization in Psychiatry, 2000–2003) |
| Profession | Physician, professor, public official, author, diplomat, researcher |
| Awards | National Prize for Science |
Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez (born 5 September 1951 in Mexico City) is a Mexican psychiatrist, academician and politician who has served as the secretary of foreign affairs since 2024 in the cabinet of Claudia Sheinbaum. He previously 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. He is a professor emeritus of Psychiatry at National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and Chairs the Board of the Aspen Institute Mexico. From 18 February 2019 to 13 September 2023 he served as the permanent representative of Mexico to the United Nations.