Lázaro Cárdenas Batel
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Lázaro Cárdenas Batel (b. April 2, 1964 in Jiquilpan, Michoacán) is a Mexican politician. He is the current (2002–present) governor of Michoacán, representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). Prior to his election to that office in 2001, he had represented his home state in both the federal Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
Cárdenas Batel is a member of a distinguished Mexican political family: his grandfather, Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, served as president in the 1930s, and his father, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano, has been a presidential candidate on three occasions and was the first democratically elected Head of Government of the Federal District. Both father and grandfather also served as governors of the state.
Members of the PRD have criticized Cárdenas Batel for his lack of support for Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during the 2006 presidential campaign; some have even asked him to leave the party.[1] On the night of election, according to the Wall Street Journal, Batel accepted a call from Lopez Obrador's opponent, Felipe Calderón.[2]
Cárdenas Batel holds a degree in ethnohistory from the National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH) in Mexico City.
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| Preceded by Victor Manuel Tinoco Rubí |
Governor of Michoacán 2002 – present |
Incumbent |
