Vicente Lombardo Toledano
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Vicente Lombardo Toledano (July 16, 1894 – November 16, 1968) was one of the foremost Mexican labor leaders of the 20th century, called "the dean of Mexican Marxism [and] the best-known link between Mexico and the international world of Marxism and socialism."[1] In 1936, he founded the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM), the national labor federation most closely associated with the ruling party founded by President Lázaro Cárdenas, the Party of the Mexican Revolution (PRM). After he was purged from the union after World War II, Lombardo Toledano co-founded the political party "Partido Popular" along with Narciso Bassols,[2] which later became known as the Partido Popular Socialista.
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Vicente Lombardo Toledano | |
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Governor of Puebla | |
In office 10 December 1923 – 20 March 1924 | |
Preceded by | Froylán C. Manjarrez |
Succeeded by | Francisco Espinoza Fleury |
Personal details | |
Born | (1894-06-16)16 June 1894 Teziutlán, Puebla, Mexico |
Died | 16 November 1968(1968-11-16) (aged 74) Mexico City, D.F., Mexico |
Resting place | Panteón de Dolores |
Political party | Popular Socialist Party |
Education | National Autonomous University of Mexico |