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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
- Succeeded by
- Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
- President
- Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
- Born
- ( 1909-05-26 ) 26 May 1909, Atizapán de Zaragoza , State of Mexico, Mexico
- Died
- 22 September 1969 (1969-09-22) (aged 60), Mexico City , Mexico
- Party
- Institutional Revolutionary Party
- Spouses
- Angelina Gutiérrez ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1934 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1937 ) Eva Sámano ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1937 )
- Relatives
- Esperanza López Mateos (sister)
- Alma mater
- National Autonomous University of Mexico ( LLB )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Adolfo
- Family name
- López
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Place of birth
- Ciudad López Mateos
- Place of death
- Mexico City
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Educated at
- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
- Political party
- Institutional Revolutionary Party
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- Spanish
- Image
- Retrato de Adolfo López Mateos.png
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- date of birth
- 1910-05-26
- date of death
- 1969-09-22
- nominated for
- Nobel Peace Prize
- cause of death
- intracranial aneurysm
- name in native language
- Adolfo Felipe Neri Matteios
- place of burial
- Atizapán de Zaragoza Municipality
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Adolfo López Mateos ( Spanish pronunciation: [aˈðolfo ˈlopes maˈteos] ; 26 May 1909 – 22 September 1969) was a centre-left Mexican politician and lawyer who served as President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964. Previously, he served as Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare from 1952 to 1957 and a Senator from the State of Mexico from 1946 to 1952.
Beginning his political career as a campaign aide of José Vasconcelos during his run for president, López Mateos encountered repression from Plutarco Elías Calles, who attempted to maintain hegemony within the National Revolutionary Party (PNR). He briefly abandoned politics and worked as a professor at the Autonomous University of Mexico State, becoming a member of the PNR (renamed Party of the Mexican Revolution) in 1941. López Mateos served as senator for the State of Mexico from 1946 to 1952 and Secretary of Labor during the administration of Adolfo Ruiz Cortines from 1952 to 1957. He secured the party's presidential nomination and won in the 1958 general election.
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