Joel Molina Ramírez (1 November 1942 – 24 October 2020) was a Mexican politician and senator representing the state of Tlaxcala from the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party.
He served in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress from February 2019 until his death in office from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico in October 2020, seven days short from his 78th birthday.
However, Álvarez Lima was immediately appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to head public television station Canal Once.
[6] It was revealed before his death that he had been in the chamber as late as 20 October, for a 12-hour session to vote on the dissolution of various government trusts, during which senators passed around microphones.
[12] His death prompted Álvarez Lima to announce that he would resign from Canal Once and return to the Senate in the second half of November, after a new director for the television channel was appointed.