Miguel Alemán Valdés
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Miguel Alemán Valdés was a Mexican politician who served a full term as the President of Mexico from 1946 to 1952. He was the first civilian president after a string of revolutionary generals.
Miguel Alemán Valdés, c. 1946-52
Miguel Alemán Valdés, president of Mexico (left) and Harry S. Truman, president of the United States (right) in Washington, D.C.
Miguel Alemán Valdés. President of Mexico.
Alemán Valdés (front row, center) and his cabinet.
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
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Adolfo Tomás Ruiz Cortines was a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, he previously served as Governor of Veracruz
Miguel Alemán Valdés
…In party tradition, Alemán designated his successor as PRI presidential candidate—and the foregone expectation of the next president. He selected Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, with a reputation for honesty and probity, a sharp contrast to his own record of considerable self-enrichment in office. Before the announcement…
Ruiz Cortines during his presidency
María Cortines Cotera with her children María and Adolfo in a photograph taken in 1895.
Ruiz Cortines at the age of 10, c. 1899.
Pennant for Ruiz Cortines's campaign