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Adolfo López Mateos

1909 - 1969

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Adolfo López Mateos (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈðolfo ˈlopes maˈteos] ; 26 May 1909 – 22 September 1969) was a Mexican politician 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolfo López Mateos has received more than 444,360 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Adolfo López Mateos is the 7,382nd most popular politician (up from 7,494th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 93rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular Mexican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Adolfo López Mateos ranks 7,382 out of 19,576Before him are Liubartas, Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Artabanus II of Parthia, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Princess Helena of Nassau. After him are Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Welf, Euthydemus I, Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne, Philip, Elector Palatine, and Liu Cong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Adolfo López Mateos ranks 89Before him are Willi Boskovsky, Juan Carlos Onetti, Malcolm Lowry, Nathan Rosen, Tokizo Ichihashi, and Isa Miranda. After him are Roberto Burle Marx, André Abegglen, Wolfgang Reitherman, Bernd Rosemeyer, Atsushi Nakajima, and Adib Shishakli. Among people deceased in 1969, Adolfo López Mateos ranks 69Before him are Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, Wilhelm Backhaus, Frederic Bartlett, Kimon Georgiev, Prince Konrad of Bavaria, and Mikio Naruse. After him are Meher Baba, Léon Brillouin, Michael Lippert, Claude Dornier, John Kennedy Toole, and He Long.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos ranks 87 out of 729Before him are Jorge Campos (1966), Felipe Calderón (1962), Ernesto Zedillo (1951), Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada (1948), Emilio Fernández (1904), and Enrique Peña Nieto (1966). After him are Adolfo de la Huerta (1881), Kiki Camarena (1947), Chimalpopoca (1397), José Sánchez del Río (1913), Manuel Ponce (1886), and Pedro Rodríguez (1940).

Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos ranks 37Before him are Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1911), Manuel Ávila Camacho (1897), Tizoc (1436), Felipe Calderón (1962), Ernesto Zedillo (1951), and Enrique Peña Nieto (1966). After him are Adolfo de la Huerta (1881), Chimalpopoca (1397), Ce Acatl Topiltzin (947), Miguel Alemán Valdés (1900), Miguel Miramón (1832), and Mariano Arista (1802).