Miguel Alemán Velasco (born 18 March 1932) is a Mexican politician, businessman and
philanthropist
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. He is a former
senator
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and
governor
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of
Veracruz
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. Alemán Velasco is the son of former
Mexican president
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Miguel Alemán Valdés
Miguel Alemán Valdés (; 29 September 1900 – 14 May 1983) was a Mexican politician who served a full term as the President of Mexico from 1946 to 1952, the first civilian president after a string of revolutionary generals.
His administ ...
(1946–52), the first candidate to run for the presidency from the
Institutional Revolutionary Party
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and the first civilian president in the modern era, and Beatriz Velasco Mendoza. Alemán Velasco has been active in both the public and private sectors.
Education
Alemán Velasco holds a bachelor's degree in Law from the
National Autonomous University of Mexico
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.
Career
His father's holdings in the large Mexican television network
Televisa
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In April ...
led to Alemán Velasco's importance in that media company.
On 9 August 2004, Alemán was honored by the Government of
Panama
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with the Great Cross of
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa.
In November 2013 Alemán received the "Jerusalem Prize", which since 2002 has been awarded by the
World Zionist Organization
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in conjunction with the Zionist Council of Mexico. President Miguel Alemán Valdés sent weapons to Israel via Panama when he was
Interior Secretary (1940–1945) and the younger Alemán has had a long relationship with Israel and many Jewish friends.
He sought his party's nomination for the
2006 presidential election during the first months of 2005.
In April 2020, the
Tax Administration Service (SAT) seized the property of the
Miguel Alemán Valdés
Miguel Alemán Valdés (; 29 September 1900 – 14 May 1983) was a Mexican politician who served a full term as the President of Mexico from 1946 to 1952, the first civilian president after a string of revolutionary generals.
His administ ...
Foundation in
Polanco
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, Mexico City. Alemán Velasco is the CEO of Grupo Alemán (Galem), which includes
Interjet
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, an airline which declared "technical bankruptcy" in August 2019 due to poor investments, including those in the
Mexico City Texcoco Airport (NAIM). Interjet suspended its flights on 24 March 2020, in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
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The virus was confirmed to hav ...
. Interjet and SAT reached an agreement on payment of the MXN $549.3 million debt on 23 April 2020.
Family life
He is married to former
Miss Universe
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and actress
Christiane Magnani and has four children: Claudia, Mónica, Karla and
Miguel Alemán Magnani. When Alemán Velasco sold his stakes at
Televisa
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In April ...
, his son acquired them and was the owner of
Interjet
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, the now defunct, low-fares airline.
Further reading
There have been campaign biographies and some journalistic publications on President Alemán (1946-1952), but no scholarly study. The best work is George S. Wise, ''El México de Alemán'' (1952). Useful material is contained in Oscar Lewis's chapter "Mexico since Cárdenas" in Richard N. Adams and others, ''Social Change in Latin America Today'' (1960); in Howard F. Cline, ''Mexico: Revolution to Evolution, 1940-1960'' (1963); and in Frank Brandenburg, ''The Making of Modern Mexico'' (1964). General discussions of the Alemán administration may be found in Harry Bernstein, ''Modern and Contemporary Latin America'' (1952); in Hubert Herring, ''A History of Latin America'' (1955; 3d ed. 1968); and in Helen Miller Bailey and Abraham P. Nasatir, ''Latin America: The Development of Its Civilization'' (1960; 2d ed. 1968).
References
External links
esmas.com: Miguel AlemanOfficial websiteRevista Líderes Mexicanos: Miguel AlemánMiguel Aleman
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1932 births
Living people
Politicians from Veracruz
People from Veracruz (city)
Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians
Presidents of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico)
Governors of Veracruz
National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
Children of presidents of Mexico
Miguel Aleman Velasco
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Places
* Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands
*São Miguel (disamb ...