Jorge Jiménez Cantú (1914–2005) was a Mexican physician and politician who served as Secretary of Health and Welfare and Governor of the State of Mexico between 1975 and 1981.^[1][2]

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Jorge Jiménez Cantú
Governor of the State of Mexico
In office 1975–1981
Preceded by	Carlos Hank González
Succeeded by	Alfredo del Mazo González
Personal details
Born	(1914-10-27)October 27, 1914 Mexico City
Died	November 10, 2005(2005-11-10) (aged 91)
Political party	institutional Revolutionary Party
Spouse	Luisa Isabel Campos
Profession	Politician, Doctor

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In 1931, he joined the National Preparatory School, where he attended high school in biological sciences and served as faculty advisor. He then decided to enter the Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1934.