Childhood and Education
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines was born on 30 December 1889 in the state of Veracruz. His parents were Adolfo Ruiz Tejada, the governor of Veracruz at that time, and María Cortines Cotera. Ruiz’s father Adolfo Ruiz Tejada died when he was young. Then Adolfo was raised and educated by his mother.
His mother taught him to write and to read at the age of 3. Later, he entered a school directed by Joaquín Jerónimo Diaz and Florencio Veyro. At the age of twelve he attended the “Instituto de Veracruz,” where he studied accounting. Adolfo Ruiz Cortines pursued his secondary educational studies at the “Colegio de los Jesuitas,” which was considered the best school in the state of Veracruz. Adolfo learned from his mentors about liberalism, a political principle he would apply during his entire political career. In addition, he acquired his fanaticism for baseball there. He always wanted to study at university, but circumstances never permitted him to do so. At the age of 16 he was forced to abandon his formal studies. Finding himself the head of his family, he found a job as an accounting assistant at a commercial clothing enterprise to support his relatives.
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