Gustavo Baz Prada (

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, 31 January 1894 –

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, 12 October 1987) was a Mexican politician and medical doctor. He was

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from 1914 to 1915 and from 1957 to 1963.Anzaldo, p. 255.

Life

Baz Prada's family moved to

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and

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while he was young but he completed his education in

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. He then went to Mexico's Medical Military College. In 1914 Baz Prada served as a medical doctor treating the troops of

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. He rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the forces of Zapata. It was during this time he first served as governor of the state of Mexico. In 1916 he resigned his generalship to continue his medical studies. He completed his studies in 1920 and by 1922 was on the faculty of the military medical school. In 1925 he went to the United States doing further medical studies with

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, Augustan Hospital in Chicago and also in Rochester, New York. In 1926 and 1927 che went to France, Belgium and Germany, studying at the

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among other institutions. In 1935 he was made director of Mexico's National School of Medicine. Baz Prada was head of the

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(UNAM) from 1938 until 1940. From 1940 until 1946 he was Secretary of Health and Welfare for Mexico. During his tenure as governor of Mexico State he brought about the founding of the State University of Mexico. He was appointed to Mexico's Supreme Council of Health in 1965.

References

Sources

Autonomous University of Mexico State bio of Baz Prada
* Anzaldo, . R. V., & Nuño, A. E. (1987). Gustavo Baz: El hombre. México, D.F: V. Anzaldo y Regalado. {{DEFAULTSORT:Baz, Gustavo 1894 births 1987 deaths Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Mexican military doctors Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) Mexican Secretaries of Health Mexican soldiers Governors of the State of Mexico Politicians from the State of Mexico People of the Mexican Revolution Recipients of the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor 20th-century Mexican military personnel 20th-century Mexican physicians 20th-century Mexican politicians