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Miguel de la Madrid

1934 - 2012

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Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel de la maˈðɾið uɾˈtaðo]; 12 December 1934 – 1 April 2012) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 59th president of Mexico from 1982 to 1988.Inheriting a severe economic and financial crisis from his predecessor José López Portillo as a result of the international drop in oil prices and a crippling external debt on which Mexico had defaulted months before he took office, De la Madrid introduced sweeping neoliberal policies to overcome the crisis, beginning an era of market-oriented presidents in Mexico, along with austerity measures involving deep cuts in public spending. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miguel de la Madrid has received more than 782,675 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Miguel de la Madrid is the 5,850th most popular politician (down from 4,699th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Mexican Politician.

Miguel de la Madrid was the president of Mexico from 1982 to 1988. He is most famous for his neoliberal economic policies which led to a period of economic growth and stability.

Memorability Metrics

  • 780k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Miguel de la Madrids by language

Over the past year Miguel de la Madrid has had the most page views in the with 309,720 views, followed by English (82,578), and Russian (4,374). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Azerbaijani (352.10%), Ido (110.96%), and Samogitian (88.61%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Miguel de la Madrid ranks 5,850 out of 19,576. Before him are Trần Hưng Đạo, Franz Xaver Schwarz, Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, Conrad, Margrave of Meissen, Zhao Mengfu, and Mikhail Fradkov. After him are Liu Yuan, Archduke Wilhelm of Austria, Norodom Ranariddh, García Sánchez III of Pamplona, Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, and Fernando Collor de Mello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Miguel de la Madrid ranks 96. Before him are Yasuo Takamori, Robert Moog, Yoshio Furukawa, Rossana Podestà, Allen Carr, and Ornella Vanoni. After him are Clive Granger, Victor French, Mohamed Ennaceur, Valery Bykovsky, Khun Sa, and Alasdair Gray. Among people deceased in 2012, Miguel de la Madrid ranks 80. Before him are Teófilo Stevenson, Haji Mohammad Chamkani, Carl Johan Bernadotte, Santiago Carrillo, Paul L. Smith, and Kathryn Joosten. After him are Maurice Herzog, Neslişah Sultan, Galina Vishnevskaya, Maurice André, Hans Werner Henze, and Gore Vidal.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Miguel de la Madrid ranks 67 out of 729. Before him are Antonio Carbajal (1929), José López Portillo y Pacheco (1920), Vicente Fernández (1940), Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1948), Thalía (1971), and Subcomandante Marcos (1957). After him are Pedro Infante (1917), Ricardo Montalbán (1920), Pedro Lascuráin (1856), Itzcoatl (1380), Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1956), and Silvia Pinal (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Miguel de la Madrid ranks 28. Before him are José María Morelos (1765), Acamapichtli (1325), Luis Echeverría (1922), Axayacatl (1449), José López Portillo y Pacheco (1920), and Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1948). After him are Pedro Lascuráin (1856), Itzcoatl (1380), Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1911), Manuel Ávila Camacho (1897), Tizoc (1436), and Felipe Calderón (1962).

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