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Adolfo López Mateos (May 26, 1909 – September 22, 1969) was a Mexican
Mexico

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 politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party
Institutional Revolutionary Party

The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexico political party that wielded power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years....
 (PRI) who served as President of Mexico
President of Mexico

The Constitutional Citizen President of the United Mexican States is the head of state of Mexico. Under the 1917 Constitution of Mexico, the president is also the head of government and the Commander-in-chief of the Mexican Military of Mexico....
 from 1958 to 1964. As President, he nationalized electric companies, created the National Commission for Free Textbooks (1959) and promoted the creation of prominent museums; such as the Museum of Natural History and the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City
Mexico City

Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
.

z Mateos was born in Atizapán de Zaragoza, a small town in the state of México
Mexico (state)

Mexico State or State of Mexico is a Political divisions of Mexico in the center of the country of Mexico. The state's capital is the city of Toluca....
, though at a young age his family moved to Mexico City
Mexico City

Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
 upon his father's death.






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Adolfo López Mateos (May 26, 1909 – September 22, 1969) was a Mexican
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
 politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party
Institutional Revolutionary Party

The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexico political party that wielded power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years....
 (PRI) who served as President of Mexico
President of Mexico

The Constitutional Citizen President of the United Mexican States is the head of state of Mexico. Under the 1917 Constitution of Mexico, the president is also the head of government and the Commander-in-chief of the Mexican Military of Mexico....
 from 1958 to 1964. As President, he nationalized electric companies, created the National Commission for Free Textbooks (1959) and promoted the creation of prominent museums; such as the Museum of Natural History and the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City
Mexico City

Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
.

Life

López Mateos was born in Atizapán de Zaragoza, a small town in the state of México
Mexico (state)

Mexico State or State of Mexico is a Political divisions of Mexico in the center of the country of Mexico. The state's capital is the city of Toluca....
, though at a young age his family moved to Mexico City
Mexico City

Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
 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
José Vasconcelos

Jos? Vasconcelos Calder?n was a Mexico writer, philosopher and politician of Spanish people, Italian people, and Portuguese people ancestry. He married Serafina Miranda of Tlaxiaco in the Oaxaca in 1906....
, an opposition candidateas an orator for the presidential campaign of Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Pascual Ortiz Rubio

Pascual Ortiz Rubio was a Mexico politician. He was born in Morelia, Michoac?n as the son of Pascual Ortiz de Ayala y Huerta and Lenor Rubio Cornelis....
 and filled a number of bureaucratic positions from then until 1941, when he met Isidro Fabela
Isidro Fabela

Isidro Fabela Alfaro is a Mexican judge, politician, professor, writer, publisher, governor, and delegate to the now defunct League of Nations....
. Fabela helped him into a position as the director of the Literary Institute of Toluca
Toluca

Toluca, formally: Toluca de Lerdo is the States of Mexico capital of Mexico State as well as the seat of the Toluca . It is the center of a rapidly growing urban area, now the fifth largest in Mexico....
 from after Fabela resigned the post to join the International Court of Justice
International Court of Justice

The International Court of Justice is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. It is based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands....
. He served until 1952, when he became the Secretary of Labor under president Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines

Adolfo Ruiz Cortines was President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958, representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party . He is perhaps best remembered for granting women the right to vote in presidential elections....
. In 1958, he was elected president of Mexico, and served until 1964. Plagued with migraine
Migraine

Migraine is a neurology syndrome characterized by altered bodily perceptions, headaches, and nausea. Physiologically, the migraine headache is a neurological condition more common to women than to men....
s during his adult life, he was diagnosed with several cerebral aneurysm
Cerebral aneurysm

A cerebral aneurysm or brain aneurysm is a cerebrovascular disease disorder in which weakness in the wall of a brain artery or vein causes a localized vasodilation or ballooning of the blood vessel....
s and, after several years in a coma
Coma

In medicine, a coma is a profound state of unconsciousness. A comatose person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to pain or light, does not have sleep-wake cycles, and does not take voluntary actions....
, he died in 1969.

López Mateos was the first chairman of the Organization Committee of the 1968 Summer Olympics
1968 Summer Olympics

The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City in October 1968....
 and called the meeting that led to the creation of the World Boxing Council
World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo L?pez Mateos, to create an international boxi...
.