José Ángel Córdova

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Córdova and the second or maternal family name is Villalobos.

José Ángel Córdova Villalobos (born 19 August 1953, in Mexico) is a Mexican politician who served as Secretary of Health and Secretary of Public Education during Felipe Calderón administration.

Córdova Villalobos obtained a medical degree, and an MA in Public Administration, a Specialty in State and Municipal Public Administration and an MA in Administration from the University of Guanajuato, among other qualifications. He was a delegate in the  PAN parliamentary group in the 59th Session of the Mexican Congress (2003-2006), during which he directed the Health Commission.

Career

• President of the Ministers’ Club for EPODE International Network (EIN), the world's largest obesity-prevention network, 2013.
• Head of the Medical Education Division of the Hospital Ángeles and full-time professor at the Medicine Faculty of the University of Guanajuato (since 2002).
• President of the General Council of the Electoral Institute of the State of Guanajuato (1997–2002).
• Director of the Academy of Professors and Students of the Medicine Faculty of the University of Guanajuato (1998–2000).
• Research Project Assessor of the SSA-CONCYTEG competition, Guanajuato (2001).
• Professor in the B.Sc. in Nutrition of the Medicine Faculty of the University of Guanajuato (since 2001).
• Civic Advisor of the General Council of the Electoral Institute of the State of Guanajuato (1994).
• Vice-President of the Mexican Association of Medicine Faculties and Schools (1993–1994).
• Director of the Medicine Faculty of the University of Guanajuato (1990–1997).
• President of the Undergraduate Surgical Education Commission of the Mexican Association of General Surgery (1995–1996).
• Editor of the Revista Mexicana de Educación Médica (1993–1997).