President Jose Lopez Portillo
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José López Portillo RSerafO |
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 51st President of Mexico |
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In office December 1, 1976 – November 30, 1982 |
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| Preceded by | Luis Echeverría |
| Succeeded by | Miguel de la Madrid |
| Secretary of Finance and Public Credit | |
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In office May 29, 1973 – September 22, 1975 |
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| President | Luis Echeverría Álvarez |
| Preceded by | Hugo B. Margáin |
| Succeeded by | Mario Ramón Beteta |
| Director of the Comisión Federal de Electricidad | |
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In office 1972–1973 |
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| Preceded by | Guillermo Villarreal Caravantes |
| Succeeded by | Arsenio Farell Cubillas |
| Personal details | |
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José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco June 16, 1920 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Died | February 17, 2004 (aged 83) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Resting place | Cemeterio Militar Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Political party | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Carmen Romano (m. 1951; div. 1991) Sasha Montenegro (m. 1995) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco, RSerafO (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse ˈlopes porˈtiʝo]; June 16, 1920 – February 17, 2004) was a Mexican lawyer and, politician affiliated with Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 51st President of Mexico from 1976 to 1982.
López Portillo was born in Mexico City, to his father José López Portillo y Weber (1888–1974), an engineer, historian, researcher, and academic, and to Refugio Pacheco y Villa-Gordoa. He was the grandson of José López Portillo y Rojas, a lawyer, politician, and man of letters. He was the great-great-great grandson of José María Narváez (1768–1840), a Spanish explorer who was the first to enter Strait of Georgia, in present-day British Columbia, and the first to view the site now occupied by Vancouver. He studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) before beginning his political career.
After graduating, he began his political career with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in 1959. He held several positions in the administrations of his two predecessors before being appointed to serve as finance minister under Luis Echeverría, a close friend from childhood, between 1973 and 1975.
López Portillo was elected unopposed in 1976, though in any event the PRI was so entrenched that he was effectively assured of victory when Echeverría chose him as the PRI's candidate. To date, he is the last Mexican president to run unopposed.
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