President of Mexico
On 14 October 1951, Ruiz Cortines was named candidate for the presidency by the Institutional Revolutionary Party. The people gave him their support in the polls. On 1 December 1952, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines took over the presidency of the republic. He exercised tight control of public expenditure, supported the construction of roads, railways, dams, schools and hospitals. He also implemented a plan called "March to the Sea", which the aim of carrying coastal population of the highlands to the coast, and make better use and development of marine resources, coastal zones. Under this program malaria was eradicated. He created the Rural Social Welfare Program to improve the living conditions of the rural population and encouraged land distribution. Large foreign estates were expropriated. Furthermore he implemented the Farm Security to protect farmers from natural disasters.
At the beginning of his term, President Ruiz Cortines sent a bill to amend Article 34 of the Constitution, in order to grant women equal political rights with men, this granted the vote to Mexican women. In order to promote measures to meet the need of homes, he created the National Housing Institute, gave a stimulus to industry, particularly small and medium sized, laid the foundation for the development of the petrochemical industry and promoted the creation of jobs.
In response to the technical advances in the field of nuclear energy, and considering that Mexico could not remain unaffected by this development he created the National Nuclear Energy Commission. Primary and secondary education were boosted greatly.He specially supported the polytechnic university. Adolfo equipped the facilities of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and began subsidies to support universities through the republic.
Another primary goal of his government was to improve the health of men and women from Mexico. Therefore he fought children malnutrition and promoted an immunization campaign.
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