Adolfo López Mateos

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Adolfo López Mateos was a mid-20th-century Mexican president known for social reforms, nationalization of the electric industry, and consolidating the Institutional Revolutionary Party’s political dominance.

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instanceOf Mexican politician
President of Mexico
human
causeOfDeath cerebral hemorrhage
continentOfCitizenship North America
countryOfCitizenship Mexico
dateOfBirth 1910-05-26
dateOfDeath 1969-09-22
educatedAt National Autonomous University of Mexico
endTime 1964-11-30 (presidency)
era 20th-century Mexican politics
familyName López Mateos
foreignPolicy non-alignment and support for decolonization
gender male
givenName Adolfo
headOfGovernmentOf Mexico
honor multiple Mexican cities and institutions named after him
ideology Mexican nationalism
revolutionary nationalism
implementedPolicy agrarian reform measures
creation of the ISSSTE (Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers)
education expansion and school construction programs
expansion of social security in Mexico
nationalization of electric power companies in Mexico
knownFor nationalization of the Mexican electric industry
social reforms in Mexico
strengthening the Institutional Revolutionary Party’s dominance
languageSpoken Spanish
legislativeBodyMember Senate of the Republic (Mexico)
memberOfPoliticalParty Institutional Revolutionary Party
name Adolfo López Mateos
notableEvent return of the Chamizal territory to Mexico negotiated with the United States
occupation lawyer
politician
orderInOffice President of Mexico, 1958–1964
placeOfBirth Atizapán de Zaragoza, State of Mexico, Mexico
placeOfDeath Mexico City, Mexico
linked to: Mexico City
positionHeld President of Mexico
Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare of Mexico
predecessor Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
religion Roman Catholicism
representedInLegislature State of Mexico
residence Los Pinos (official residence of the President of Mexico)
spouse Eva Sámano de López Mateos
startTime 1958-12-01 (presidency)
successor Gustavo Díaz Ordaz

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Gustavo Díaz Ordaz precededBy Adolfo López Mateos
Avenida Adolfo López Mateos namedAfter Adolfo López Mateos
Prieto hasNotableBearer Adolfo López Mateos Prieto
linked to: Adolfo López Mateos
Institutional Revolutionary Party notablePresident Adolfo López Mateos
subject linked to: PRI
Adolfo López Mateos name Adolfo López Mateos
Adolfo López Mateos familyName López Mateos
linked to: Adolfo López Mateos
Toluca International Airport namedAfter Adolfo López Mateos
subject linked to: TLC
Ciudad López Mateos namedAfter Adolfo López Mateos