Institutional Revolutionary Party facts for kids
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional, PRI) is a Socialist-leaning political party in Mexico founded in 1929. It held power in the country for 71 years from 1929 to 2000, first as the National Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Nacional Revolucionario, PNR), then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution (Spanish: Partido de la Revolución Mexicana, PRM), and finally renaming itself as the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1946.
The current President Enrique Peña Nieto is a member of PRI. Former presidents under PRI include: Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Lázaro Cárdenas, Adolfo López Mateos, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Luis Echeverría Álvarez, José López Portillo, Miguel de la Madrid, Carlos Salinas de Gortari and Ernesto Zedillo.
Images for kids
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Plutarco Elías Calles on the cover of Time magazine in 1924
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Pascual Ortiz Rubio, candidate of the PNR in the 1929 presidential election
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Lázaro Cárdenas in military uniform
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Manuel Ávila Camacho in 1943
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Miguel Alemán Valdés was the first civilian president following the Mexican Revolution and son of a revolutionary general.
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Carlos A. Madrazo, a reformist PRI politician
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José López Portillo in 1976
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Miguel de la Madrid in 1982
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Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, seen here in 2002, split from the PRI, running unsuccessfully for president in 1988, 1994 and 2000
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Enrique Peña Nieto's investiture as president of Mexico
See also
In Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional para niños