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Luis Echeverría
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Luis Echeverría

Politician · born January 17, 1922 · died 2022

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Luis Echeverría Álvarez was a Mexican lawyer, academic, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 57th president of Mexico from 1970 to 1976. Previously, Echeverría was Secretary of the Interior from 1963 to 1969.

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  1. 48Became President of MexicoDecember 1, 1970
  2. ~51Received the Order of the Bath1973

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