Ramón Jiménez López

Ramón Jiménez López (born 19 November 1951) is a Mexican politician. Previously affiliated with the Popular Socialist Party (PPS) and the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), he is currently aligned with the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).

On the international stage, he has been the director-general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea since at least 2017.

Political career

From 2009 to 2012 he served as a federal deputy in the 61st Congress, representing the Federal District's first district for the PRD. and, following his 2019 appointment by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, he is the general director of the Tecnológico Nacional de México public university system.

Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism

Jiménez López founded the Mexican Committee for the Study of Kimilsungism in 2004 – a reference to the Juche philosophy of the North Korean regime – and, as the director-general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea, received the International Kim Il Sung Prize in 2018.

In a 2013 interview with Letras Libres magazine, Jiménez López described the Juche idea as "extraordinary", expressed his admiration for its "monolithic unity" between the leader, the party, and the people, and said he would very much like to live in North Korea.