Question: Facts: - profession: psychiatrist - title: rector of the national autonomous university of mexico - caption: juan ramon de la fuente . - successor: jose narro robles - predecessor: francisco barnes de castro - term end: 2007 - term start: 1999 - birth date: 5 september 1951 - name: juan ramon de la fuente - image: juan ramon de la fuente 2012 cropped.jpg - birth place: mexico city , mexico - alma mater: national autonomous university of mexico , mayo clinic Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of juan ramon de la fuente .
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juan ramon de la fuente ramirez -lrb- born 5 september 1951 in mexico city -rrb- is a mexican psychiatrist , academician and politician who served as secretary of health in the cabinet of president ernesto zedillo -lrb- 1994 -- 1999 -rrb- and as rector of the national autonomous university of mexico -lrb- unam -rrb- from 1999 to 2007 .he is currently professor at national autonomous university of mexico -lrb- unam -rrb- and chairs the board of the '' aspen institute mexico '' .de la fuente graduated from medical school medicine from the national autonomous university in 1976 and trained in psychiatry 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 joined the faculty of unam 's school of medicine , where he was appointed dean in 1991 .in 1995 he was also elected president of the mexican academy of sciences and a few years latter he was appointed secretary of health by president zedillo .in 1999 , he resigned to his cabinet post to be appointed rector of the national autonomous university of mexico and in 2003 he was reappointed for a second term .in 2008 he was elected president of the international association of universities at unesco and was called by ban ki-moon to be member of the council of the united nations university in tokyo .he sits in several boards in mexico and abroad , such as '' el universal '' , an influential newspaper in mexico city .also , in 2008 he was elected as president of the international association of universities .he has written over two hundred papers and fourteen books , and has received numerous awards and honorary degrees such as the distinguished alumnus award from the mayo clinic , the presidential award for excellence of the university of texas and a doctorate on humane letters from arizona state university , amongst many others .he also received from president vicente fox the national prize for arts and sciences -lrb- mexico -rrb- ,...