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Adolfo Ruiz Cortines

1889 - 1973

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Adolfo Tomás Ruiz Cortines (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈðolfo ˈrwis koɾˈtines] 30 December 1889 – 3 December 1973) was a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he previously served as Governor of Veracruz and Secretary of the Interior. During his presidency, which constituted the Mexican Miracle, women gained the right to vote, and he instigated numerous public health, education, infrastructure, and works projects. A member of the Constitutional Army, Ruiz Cortines was the last Mexican president to have fought in the Mexican Revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolfo Ruiz Cortines is the 9,562nd most popular politician (down from 8,964th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 112th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Mexican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines ranks 9,562 out of 19,576. Before him are Adam Malik, Isabel Moctezuma, Frans Timmermans, Dirk VI, Count of Holland, Yangwon of Goguryeo, and Henri Masson. After him are Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, Adelaide of Paris, Ekkathat, Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, and Alan IV, Duke of Brittany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines ranks 111. Before him are K. B. Hedgewar, Ralph Craig, Antonio Caggiano, Albin Stenroos, Tito Schipa, and Henri Pélissier. After him are Isak Samokovlija, Maximilian de Angelis, Musidora, Frank Lentini, Rezső Seress, and Luo Yixiu. Among people deceased in 1973, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines ranks 110. Before him are Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Noël Coward, Clas Thunberg, Laurence Harvey, Mirra Alfassa, and Amleto Giovanni Cicognani. After him are Lidia Ruslanova, Dmytro Dontsov, Ben Webster, Karel Ančerl, Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz, and Gabriel Voisin.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines ranks 116 out of 729. Before him are Anastasio Bustamante (1780), Nicolás Bravo (1786), Mariano Arista (1802), Agustín Lara (1897), José López Portillo y Pacheco (1920), and Isabel Moctezuma (1509). After him are Valentín Gómez Farías (1781), Emilio Portes Gil (1890), Ricardo Rodríguez (1942), Rosario Castellanos (1925), Juan Sandoval Íñiguez (1933), and Ce Acatl Topiltzin (947).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines ranks 48. Before him are Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1823), Anastasio Bustamante (1780), Nicolás Bravo (1786), Mariano Arista (1802), José López Portillo y Pacheco (1920), and Isabel Moctezuma (1509). After him are Valentín Gómez Farías (1781), Emilio Portes Gil (1890), Ce Acatl Topiltzin (947), Abelardo L. Rodríguez (1889), Pascual Ortiz Rubio (1877), and Manuel González Flores (1833).

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