Jesús Kumate Rodríguez | |
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Secretary of Health | |
In office 1 December 1988 – 30 November 1994 | |
President | Carlos Salinas de Gortari |
Preceded by | Guillermo Soberón Acevedo |
Succeeded by | Juan Ramón de la Fuente |
Personal details | |
Born | Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico | 12 November 1924
Died | 7 May 2018[1] Mexico City, Mexico | (aged 93)
Spouse | Bertha Guerra Rovelo |
Alma mater |
Escuela Médico Militar Instituto Politécnico Nacional |
Profession | Physician |
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.
Kumate Rodríguez was born in Mazatlán in 1924 to a Japanese emigrant father and a Sinaloense mother who worked as a rural teacher. [2] 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. [3]
During his tenure as Secretary of Health, Kumate Rodríguez oversaw the implementation of universal vaccination, [4] the eradication of poliomyelitis, [4] the combat against a cholera outbreak, [4] the updating of epidemiological surveillance and the drastic decrease of infant mortality. [4]