MIGUEL DE LA MADRID

• Born: December 12, 1934
• Died: April 1, 2012
• Nationality: Mexican
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Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 59th President of Mexico from 1982 to 1988. During his presidency, which was plagued by economic malaise and inflation, de la Madrid introduced sweeping neoliberal policies, beginning an era of market-oriented presidents in that country. His administration was criticized for its slow response to the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, and the handling of the controversial 1988 elections in which the PRI candidate Carlos Salinas de Gortari was declared winner, amid accusations of electoral fraud.