Ramón Jiménez López

Ramón Jiménez López
Ramón Jiménez López
Born (1951-11-19) 19 November 1951
Mexico City, Mexico
OccupationsLawyer and politician
Political partyPRD, Morena

Ramón Jiménez López[a] (born 19 November 1951) is a Mexican politician. Previously affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), he is currently aligned with the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).[1]

From 2009 to 2012 he served as a federal deputy in the 61st Congress, representing the Federal District's first district for the PRD.[2]

In 2015 he contended the election for mayor of the Mexico City borough of Gustavo A. Madero for Morena but lost to Víctor Hugo Lobo of a PRD-led coalition.[3][1]

In December 2018, Head of Government Claudia Sheinbaum appointed Jiménez López the director of the Mexico City Passenger Transport Network (RTP),[4] and, since 2019, he is the general director of the Tecnológico Nacional de México public university system.[5]

Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism

Main article: Ideology of the Workers' Party of Korea

Jiménez López founded the Mexican Committee for the Study of Kimilsungism[b] 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.[7][8][9]

Notes

  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is López.
  2. ^ Comité Mexicano de Estudios del Kimilsunismo; renamed the Mexican Committee for the Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism in August 2012.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Morena gana la Delegación Gustavo A. Madero". Regeneración. 9 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Perfil: Dip. Ramón Jiménez López, LXI Legislatura". Sistema de Información Legislativa (SIL). SEGOB. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. ^ Torres, Rubén (10 June 2015). "IEDF le da la victoria al PRD en GAM". El Economista.
  4. ^ "Nombran a Ramón Jiménez López director de RTP de la Ciudad de México". Government of Mexico City. 5 December 2018.
  5. ^ Toche, Nelly (14 July 2022). "SEP confirma a Ramón Jiménez López como nuevo director del Tecnológico Nacional". El Economista.
  6. ^ "Mexican Committee for Study of Kimilsungism Renamed". Korean Central News Agency. 21 August 2012. Archived from the original on 24 November 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  7. ^ Ramírez, Cynthia (3 April 2013). "Juchismo a la mexicana". Letras Libres.
  8. ^ Toche, Nelly (11 July 2022). "Inconformidad ante el posible nombramiento de nuevo director de tecnológicos". El Economista.
  9. ^ "Ceremonia de entrega del Premio Internacional Kim Il Sung". International Institute of the Juche Idea. Retrieved 23 December 2025.


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