Lázaro Cárdenas Batel
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Lázaro Cárdenas Batel (born April 2, 1964 in Jiquilpan, Michoacán) is a Mexican politician. He is the former governor of Michoacán from (2002 up to 2008), 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 political family: his grandfather, Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, served as president in the 1930s, and his father, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, was a presidential candidate on three occasions and was the first democratically elected Head of Government of the Federal District (Mexico City). Both father and grandfather also served as governors of Michoacan.
Some PRD members criticized Cárdenas Batel for his lack of support for Andrés Manuel López Obrador during the 2006 presidential campaign; some even asked him to leave the party.[1] On the night of election, according to the Wall Street Journal, Batel accepted a call from López 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. He was succeeded in the position as Michoacan governor by Leonel Godoy in February 2008.
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| Preceded by Víctor Manuel Tinoco |
Governor of Michoacán 2002–2008 |
Succeeded by Leonel Godoy |
