Miguel Henríquez Guzmán
{{Short description|Mexican politician and military officer}}
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{{infobox officeholder
| name = Miguel Henríquez Guzmán
| image = Mhg foto11.jpg
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1898|8|4}}
| birth_place = Piedras Negras, Coahuila
| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|8|29|1898|8|4}}
| death_place = Mexico City, Mexico
| nationality = Mexican
| occupation = Politician, Military officer
| party = Institutional Revolutionary Party
| spouse =
| relations = Jorge Henríquez Guzmán
| alma_mater =
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Miguel Henríquez Guzmán (August 4, 1898 – August 29, 1972) was a Mexican politician and military officer.{{cite web|title=Recordamos al Henriquismo como una de las grandes luchas por la justicia social y la democracia en México: Martí Batres|date=2023-07-07|website=jefaturadegobierno.cdmx.gob.mx|lang=es|url=https://jefaturadegobierno.cdmx.gob.mx/comunicacion/nota/recordamos-al-henriquismo-como-una-de-las-grandes-luchas-por-la-justicia-social-y-la-democracia-en-mexico-marti-batres|accessdate=2024-03-16}}
Biography
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Henríquez Guzmán was born on August 4, 1898, in Piedras Negras, Coahuila.{{cite web|title=Nace Miguel Henríquez Guzmán, promotor del derecho a la democracia en México|website=www.cndh.org.mx|lang=es|url=https://www.cndh.org.mx/sites/default/files/documentos/2023-07/FRN_AGO_04-1.pdf|accessdate=2024-03-16}}
In the 1952 general election, he was the presidential candidate of the Federation of the Mexican People's Parties.{{sfn|Aguilar Plata|García|2006|p=80}}{{cite news|title=Miguel Henriquez Guzman, Sought to Govern Mexico|date=1972-08-30|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/31/archives/miguel-henriquez-guzmani-i-sought-to-overn-mexico.html|accessdate=2024-03-16}} He won 579,745 votes, which was 15.87% of the popular vote. He came in second to the winner, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, but his vote count was higher than {{ill|Efraín González Luna|es}} and Vicente Lombardo Toledano.{{sfn|Aguilar Plata|García|2006|p=86}}
After his loss, he retired from politics and devoted himself to studying Mexico's social problems. He died in Mexico City on August 29, 1972.
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=Bibliography=
- {{cite book|last1=Aguilar Plata|first1=Áurea Blanca|last2=García|first2=Carola|title=Medios de comunicación: del destrape a las campañas electorales, 1934-1982|date=2006|language=es|publisher=Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México|page=86|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n5amvLiCMcgC|isbn=970-722-577-7}}
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Category:Politicians from Coahuila
Category:Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians
Category:Mexican military personnel
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