Adolfo López Mateos

President of Mexico
Term of office:	1 December 1958 – 1 December 1964
Preceded by:	Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Succeeded by:	Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Date of birth:	26 May 1909
Place of birth:	Atizapán de Zaragoza, Edomex
Date of death:	22 September 1969
Place of death:	Mexico City
Profession:	Lawyer
First Lady:	Eva Sámano
Party:	PRI

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Life

López Mateos was born in Atizapán de Zaragoza, a small town in the state of México, though at a young age his family moved to Mexico City upon his father's death. In 1929 he graduated from the Scientific and Literary Institute of Toluca, where he was a delegate and student leader of the Socialist Labor Party. That year he supported the presidential campaign of José Vasconcelos, an opposition candidate, against Pascual Ortiz Rubio. He and his friends were attacked by gunmen supporting Ortiz, and López Mateos was forced to flee to Guatemala until 1930. He returned to Mexico after the pressure had diminished, and went into politics. He received a law degree from the National School of Law in 1934, and married Eva Sámano Bishop in 1937. A skilled speaker, he worked as an orator for the presidential campaign of Miguel Alemán Valdés from 1931 to 1934, and filled a number of bureacratic positions from then until 1941, when he met Isidro Fabela. Fabela helped him into a position as the director of the Literary Institute of Toluca from 1944 to 1946, and that year López became senator for the state of Mexico after Fabela resigned the post to join the International Court of Justice. He served until 1952, when he became the Secretary of Labor under president Adolfo Ruiz Cortines. In 1958, he was elected president of Mexico, and served until 1964. Plauged with migraines during his adult life, he was diagnosed with several cerebral aneurysms and, after several years in a coma, he died in 1969. The United Mexican States, or Mexico, is a federal republic, comprising 31 states. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the federal capital of, and largest city in, Mexico. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... José Vasconcelos (Oaxaca, Oaxaca, 1882 – Mexico City, 1959) was a Mexican writer, thinker and politician. ... Pascual Ortiz Rubio (10 March 1877 – 4 November 1963) was a Mexican politician. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Term of office: 1 December 1946 – 1 December 1952 Preceded by: Manuel Ávila Camacho Succeeded by: Adolfo Ruiz Cortines Date of birth: 29 September 1902 Place of birth: Sayula, Veracruz Date of death: 14 May 1983 Place of death: Mexico City Profession: Lawyer First Lady: Beatriz Velasco Party: PRI Miguel... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Toluca is a city in México State in central Mexico, at 19. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The International Court of Justice (known colloquially as the World Court or ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Adolfo Ruiz Cortines was President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A cerebral or brain aneurysm is a cerebrovascular disorder in which weakness in the wall of a cerebral artery or vein causes a localized dilation or ballooning of the blood vessel. ... In medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep) is a profound state of unconsciousness, which may result from a variety of conditions including intoxication (drug, alcohol or toxins), metabolic abnormalities (hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, ketoacidosis, etc. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

Presidential term

López Mateos considered himself a leftist, but not a communist. Well liked by the Mexican people for his oratory skills and dedication to the poor, he was also known for his efforts in land redistribution to peasants, nationalization of foreign phone and electric companies, devotion to public health, and promotion of education and literacy. In fact, he promoted an 11-year plan to improve education and by the end of his presidency, education had become the largest part of the Mexican budget. In foreign policy, López Mateos maintained good relations with the United States, remaining relatively neutral between the U.S. and Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. López Mateos also worked with U.S. president John F. Kennedy to resolve the Chamizal territorial dispute, which resulted when the Rio Grande changed course and left 600 acres (2.4 km²) of what had been Mexican territory in Texas. The two heads of state met in 1962 and agreed to redirect the river back to its original path, as it had been when the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo was signed. Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States over the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba. ... Order: 35th President Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson Term of office: January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 Preceded by: Dwight D. Eisenhower Succeeded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Date of birth: May 29, 1917 Place of birth: Brookline, Massachusetts Date of death: November 22, 1963 Place of death: Dallas, Texas First... The Chamizal dispute was a conflict over the border between Mexico and the United States that is marked by the Rio Grande. ... The Rio Grande flowing past Albuquerque Rio Grande by Big Bend National Park,Texas Known as the Rio Grande in the United States and as the Río Bravo (or, more formally, the Río Bravo del Norte) in Mexico, the river rises in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, USA, flows... An acre is a measure of land area in Imperial units or U.S. customary units. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Mexican Cession (red) and the Gadsden Purchase (orange) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War. ...

References

• Biography at Mexico Connect (http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history/jtuck/jtmateosyordaz.html)
• Biography at Historical Text Archive (http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=142)
• Biography (http://usuarios.lycos.es/Aime/lmateos.html) (Spanish)
• Camp, Roderic A. Mexican Political Biographies. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona, 1982.

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Term of office: 1 December 1952 – 1 December 1958 Preceded by: Miguel Alemán Valdés Succeeded by: Adolfo López Mateos Date of birth: 30 December 1890 Place of birth: Veracruz, Ver. ... Seal of the Office of the President of Mexico The President of United Mexican States is the head of state of Mexico. ... Term of Office: 1 December 1964 – 1 December 1970 Preceded by: Adolfo López Mateos Succeeded by: Luis Echeverría Álvarez Date of birth: 12 March 1911 Place of birth: Cd. ...