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Jorge Alcocer Varela

Politician

Jorge Alcocer Varela is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Jorge Alcocer Varela · Jorge Carlos Alcocer Varela · خورخى الكوسر فاريلا · 豪尔赫·阿尔科塞尔·巴雷拉				[sources]
Other name	J. Alcocer-Varela · Jorge Alcocer				[sources]
Weak alias	Alcocer-Varela				[sources]
Birth date	1946-02-08				[sources]
Place of birth	Mexico City				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Mexico				[sources]
Citizenship	Mexico				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Jorge				[sources]
Last name	Varela				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q55386774				[sources]
Position	Secretary of Health (2018-)				[sources]
Education	Doctor of Medicine · National Autonomous University of Mexico				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-11-02	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Mexican immunologist and rheumatologist head of Secretariat of Health of Mexico

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Secretary of Health	2018-12-01	-

Data sources

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Wikidata333,115

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Source data IDs: us-cia-mexico-jorge-carlos-alcocer-varela-sec-of-health · us-cia-mexico-jorge-carlos-alcocer-varela-secretary-of-health

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