Javier Jiménez Espriú (born 31 July 1937) is a Mexican academic and former Secretary of Communications and Transportation of Mexico. He is the former head of the engineering school at the

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigge ...

. He was Under Secretary of Communications and Technological Development of the Secretariat of Communications and Transport when

Miguel de la Madrid Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado (; 12 December 1934 – 1 April 2012) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 59th president of Mexico from 1982 to 1988. Inheriting a severe economic an ...

was president (1982-1988). Additionally, he was the CEO of

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, what was once one of the largest Mexican airlines, from 1994 to 1995.¹ He was appointed the Secretary of Communications and Transportation by President

Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mex ...

in December 2018. During his term, Espriú has been heavily involved in the controversial decision by President Obrador to cancel the construction of the new

Mexico City Texcoco Airport Mexico City Texcoco Airport was a planned airport in Mexico City that was meant to become Mexico's New International Airport (Spanish: ''Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de México''—NAICM or NAIM). The project was announced in September 2014 but ...

. He alleges the decision to cancel construction was because of financial constraints and not because of corruption, as Obrador alleges.

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1937 births Living people National Autonomous University of Mexico faculty Mexican Secretaries of Communications and Transportation Cabinet of Andrés Manuel López Obrador {{Mexico-bio-stub