Francisco Gil Villegas Montiel is a Mexican political scientist and professor, most strongly associated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and El Colegio de México.
Francisco Gil Villegas received a bachelor's degree in International Relations and a Masters in Political Science from El Colegio de México, a Doctorate in Political Science from UNAM and a Doctorate in Political Studies from Balliol College, University of Oxford, under the supervision of Stephen Lukes.
In addition, he is member of the National System of Investigators, Level III; President of the Comisión Evaluadora del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores in the area of Social Sciences; and member of the Comisión Dictaminadora for Income and Promotion of UNAM's Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales (FCPyS).
Gil Villegas is the general editor for the translation of Max Weber's works in the Fondo de Cultura Económica, the main publishing house in Latin America.
He received a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of the Planalto Central of Brasília, Brazil on November 29, 2001.