Víctor Villalobos

{{short description|Mexican politician}} {{family name hatnote|Villalobos|Arámbula|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Víctor Manuel Villalobos Arámbula | image = Víctor Manuel Villalobos 1 (cropped).jpg | office = Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development | president = Andrés Manuel López Obrador | successor = Julio Berdegué Sacristán | term_start = 1 December 2018 | term_end = 30 September 2024 | predecessor = Baltazar Hinojosa Ochoa | office2 = Director General of the IICA | predecessor2 = Chelston W.D. Brathwaite | term_start2 = 15 January 2010 | term_end2 = 15 January 2018 | successor2 = Manuel Otero Justo | birth_date = 1950 | birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico | alma_mater = {{ubl|Chapingo Autonomous University|University of Calgary}} | occupation = {{hlist|Agricultural engineer|geneticist|politician}} | profession = Agronomy }}

'''Víctor Manuel Villalobos Arámbula''' is an agricultural engineer with a specialty in agronomy who served as the Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER) in the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO).<ref name="economia">{{cite web |title=¿Quién es Victor Villalobos, titular de Sader (antes Sagarpa) en administración de AMLO? - economiahoy.mx |url=https://www.economiahoy.mx/nacional-eAm-mx/noticias/9286381/07/18/Quien-es-Victor-Villalobos-virtual-titular-de-Sagarpa-en-administracion-de-AMLO.html |website=www.economiahoy.mx |access-date=August 20, 2020 |language=es}}</ref>

Dr. Villalobos is an expert in agriculture and natural and genetic resources. He has been a professor, researcher, research director, international official, government official, administrator, and leader of multidisciplinary analysis and decision groups.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gabinete de AMLO: ¿Quiénes son? |url=https://noticieros.televisa.com/historia/el-gabinete-amlo-quienes-son/ |website=Noticieros Televisa |access-date=August 20, 2020 |language=es-MX |date=21 August 2018}}</ref>

==Education== Víctor Villalobos earned his bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering and his master's degree in plant genetics from the Chapingo Autonomous University (UACH) in Texcoco, State of Mexico. His doctorate from the University of Calgary, Canada, is in plant morphology.<ref name="economia" /> He has worked as a professor at the Chapingo Autonomous University, the College of Postgraduates (COLPOS), and the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico (CINVESTAV), where he served as director of the Irapuato Unit. He has taught specialized courses in Argentina, Austria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, Jordan, Iran, Venezuela, and other countries.<ref name="economia" />

Villalobos has been a consultant for the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a member of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) of Mexico, and a member of the Institute of the University of California for Mexico and the United States (UCMexus).<ref name="economia" />

Villalobos worked for the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) in Costa Rica from as director of the agriculture division (1986–1990), director (1990–1995), and CEO (1999–2003).<ref name="economia" />

==Career== Prior to his appointment as Agricultural Secretary by AMLO, Villalobos Arámbula served as Undersecretary of Natural Resources of the Secretariat of Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries (SEMARNAP) and as Undersecretary of Agriculture of the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA). In 1998, he was appointed the first Executive Secretary of the [http://www.conacyt.gob.mx/cibiogem/index.php/home Intersecretarial Commission on Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms] (CIBIOGEM).<ref name="economia" />

From 2010 to 2018, Villalobos was Director General of the [https://www.iica.int/en Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) {{in lang|en}}] in Costa Rica.<ref name="economia" />

==Personal life== Víctor Manuel Villalobos Arámbula was born in Mexico City, Mexico, in 1950.<ref name="perfil">{{cite web |title=Víctor Villalobos Arámbula – AMLO |url=https://lopezobrador.org.mx/victor-villalobos/ |publisher=Lopez Obrador Organization |access-date=August 20, 2020 |language=es }}{{Dead link|date=March 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

==Honors== *Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry since 2004. *''Ad Honorem'' Professor at the College of Postgraduates and a distinguished student at the Autonomous University of Chapingo. *Honorary Doctorate from CATIE. *Honorary Doctorate from the National University of Asunción, Paraguay (2013). *Honorary Collegiate Member and Honor of Merit "Golden Spike" for his distinguished services to the national agricultural company of the College of Agricultural engineers and Professionals in Agricultural Sciences of Bolivia – CIAB (2015) *Diploma of agronomic merit for his work in biotechnology applied to agriculture in international organizations (SAGARAPA, 1995).<ref name="perfil" />

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