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Reyes Silvestre Tamez Guerra (born 18 April 1952) is a Mexican immunochemist and politician. He has served as secretary of education of the state of Nuevo León, as president of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL) and as secretary of education in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox (2000–2006).
Biography
Born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, on 18 April 1952, Reyes Tamez Guerra graduated from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in chemistry, biology and parasitology and received both a master's degree and a doctorate in immunology at the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN). Later on he did a postdoctoral stay at the Institute of Cancerology and Imnunogenetics at Villejuif, France.