About Jesús Kumate Rodríguez
Lived 1924 – 2018 (aged 93). Jesús Kumate Rodríguez was a Mexican politician, surgeon and minister.
Jesús Kumate Rodríguez (13 November 1924 – 7 May 2018) was a Mexican physician and politician. He served as the Secretary of Health during the presidency of Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
Early life and education Kumate Rodríguez was born in Mazatlán in 1924 to a Japanese emigrant father and a Sinaloense mother who worked as a rural teacher. He graduated as a surgeon in 1946 from the Escuela Médico Militar and became a Doctor of Science at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional in 1963.
Career During his tenure as Secretary of Health, Kumate Rodríguez oversaw the implementation of universal vaccination, the eradication of poliomyelitis, Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor, 2006
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Mexican politician (1924–2018)
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Jesús Kumate Rodríguez was born on 13 November 1924 in Mazatlán.
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Jesús Kumate Rodríguez died on 7 May 2018 in Mexico City.
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Jesús Kumate Rodríguez was a politician, surgeon and minister.
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Jesús Kumate Rodríguez was Mexican.
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