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José López Portillo

58th President of Mexico · Mexico · Politicians · Lived 1920 to 2004 · aged 83

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José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco was a Mexican writer, lawyer, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 58th president of Mexico from 1976 to 1982.

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2004Died17 February 20041981Commander of Order of Manuel Amador GuerreroAwardPrincess of Asturias Award for International CooperationAward1980Honorary Doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-SorbonneAward1979Collar of the Order of Charles IIIAwardHonorary Doctor of the University of MiamiAwardOrder of BoyacáAward1977Collar of the Order of Isabella the CatholicAwardHonorary Doctor of the Paul Cézanne UniversityAward1920Born16 June 1920

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U.S. President Jimmy Carter (left) and Mexican president José López Portillo (right) toast during a luncheon hosted by the president of Mexico.U.S. President Jimmy Carter (left) and Mexican president José López Portillo (right) toast during a luncheon hosted by the president of Mexico.Heads of State at the Cancún North-South Summit in 1981Heads of State at the Cancún North-South Summit in 1981Former Bulgarian leader, Todor Zhivkov (right) and Mexican president José López Portillo (left) official visit in Plovdiv - the second-largest city in Bulgaria.Former Bulgarian leader, Todor Zhivkov (right) and Mexican president José López Portillo (left) official visit in Plovdiv - the second-largest city in Bulgaria.José López Portillo and U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the Mexican National Palace presidential office in 1979.José López Portillo and U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the Mexican National Palace presidential office in 1979.

Awards

Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation1981
Commander of Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero1981
Honorary Doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne1980
Order of Boyacá1979
Collar of the Order of Charles III1979
Honorary Doctor of the University of Miami1979
Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic1977
Honorary Doctor of the Paul Cézanne University1977
Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau
Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Order of José Martí
Royal Order of the Seraphim
Honorary Doctor of the University of Brasília
Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle

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José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco was a Mexican writer, lawyer, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 58th president of Mexico from 1976 to 1982. López Portillo was the only official candidate in the 1976 presidential election, being the only president in recent Mexican history to win an election unopposed.

Country
Mexico
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2004 · aged 83

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