Luis Martínez Villicaña (April 1, 1939 – March 2, 2011) was a Mexican

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. He served as the

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under

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from December 1, 1982, until 1986. He left the Cabinet in 1986 upon his election as

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and was succeeded by

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. Martínez Villicaña served as Governor of

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from February 15, 1986, until December 3, 1988. Luis Martínez Villicaña died in

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, on March 2, 2011, at the age of 71.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez Villicana, Luis 1939 births 2011 deaths Governors of Michoacán Secretaries of the agrarian reform of Mexico Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians People from Uruapan Politicians from Michoacán 20th-century Mexican politicians