 He has also worked as General Director of Health Services of the Mexican Federal District, Secretary-General of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), Undersecretary of Migratory Services and Population at the Ministry of the Interior ("Secretaría de Gobernación") and Undersecretary of Health at the Federal Secretariat of Health.He holds a number of honorary doctorates from Latin American and European universities.PLUS Expressways

The PLUS Expressways Berhad () is the largest highway concessionaries or build–operate–transfer operator company in Malaysia.