Ruler · 1911 – 1979

Gustavo Díaz Ordaz

Lived 1911 – 1979; politician, diplomat. President of Mexico (Mexico), 1964 – 1970.

Wikidata's English label: Gustavo Díaz-Ordaz.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1911 – 1979; 68 years
In office: 6 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Mexico
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of Mexico

Mexico · the 63rd of 73 dated reigns · 1824 – 2024

59 before

Miguel Alemán Valdés1946 – 1952

Adolfo Ruiz Cortines1952 – 1958

Adolfo López Mateos1958 – 1964

Gustavo Díaz Ordaz1964 – 1970

Luis Echeverría1970 – 1976

José López Portillo1976 – 1982

Miguel de la Madrid1982 – 1988

7 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1964 – 1970 · 6 years · came to it aged 53

Came to it: elected
Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

He won the presidential election on 5 July 1964, with 88.8% of the popular vote, while his main opponent, José González Torres of the National Action Party garnered only 10.9%.

After passing on the presidency to his own Secretary of the Interior Luis Echeverría, Díaz Ordaz retired from public life.

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