List of Political Families - Mexico

Mexico

The Ávila Camacho Family

  • Manuel Ávila Camacho (President of Mexico, 1940–46)
  • Maximino Ávila Camacho (brother of Manuel Ávila Camacho; Governor of Puebla, 1937–41)
  • Rafael Ávila Camacho (brother of Manuel Ávila Camacho; Governor of Puebla, 1951–57)

The Calderón Hinojosa Family

  • Luis Calderón Vega, a writer and founder of the National Action Party (PAN).
    • Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, President of Mexico 2006–2012 (PAN), son of Calderón Vega.
    • Margarita Zavala de Calderón, former PAN deputy, wife of Calderón Hinojosa.
    • Luisa María Calderón Hinojosa, former PAN senator, daughter of Calderón Vega.
    • Juan Luis Calderón Hinojosa, public servant in Michoacán, son of Calderón Vega.
    • Carmen de Fátima Calderón Hinojosa, public servant in Michoacán, daughter of Calderón Vega.

The Cárdenas Family

  • Lázaro Cárdenas (President of Mexico, 1934–40)
    • Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas (son of Lázaro Cárdenas; Head of Government of the Federal District, 1997–1999)
      • Lázaro Cárdenas Batel (son of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas; Governor of Michoacán, 2002–2008)

The Madero Family

  • Evaristo Madero (Governor of Coahuila)
    • Francisco I. Madero (son of Evaristo Madero; President of Mexico, 1911–1913)
    • Gustavo A. Madero (son of Evaristo Madero, parlementarian and revolutionary, Head of Government of the Federal District)

The Obregón Family (father-son)

  • Alvaro Obregón (President of Mexico, 1920–24)
    • Alvaro Obregon Tapia (Governor of Sonora, 1955–61)

Read more about this topic:  List Of Political Families

Famous quotes containing the word mexico:

    “Is this what all these soldiers, all this training, have been for these seventy-nine years past? Have they been trained merely to rob Mexico and carry back fugitive slaves to their masters?”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “I think New Mexico was the greatest experience from the outside world that I have ever had.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)