Lázaro Cárdenas Batel

Lázaro Cárdenas Batel (born 2 April 1964) is a Mexican politician. He served as governor of Michoacán from 2002 to 2008, representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). Prior to his election to that office in 2001, he had represented his home state in both the federal Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.[1]

Lázaro Cárdenas Batel
Governor of Michoacán
In office
15 February 2002  14 February 2008
Preceded byVíctor Manuel Tinoco Rubí
Succeeded byLeonel Godoy Rangel
Personal details
Born (1964-04-02) 2 April 1964
Jiquilpan, Michoacán, Mexico
Political partyMorena (2017–present)
Other political
affiliations
Institutional Revolutionary (1982–1987)
Democratic Revolution (1989–2014)
SpouseMayra Coffigny

Cárdenas Batel is a member of a distinguished political family: his grandfather, Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, served as President of Mexico from 1934 to 1940, and his father, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, has been a presidential candidate on three occasions and was the first democratically elected Head of Government of the Federal District (Mexico City). Both father and grandfather also served as governors of Michoacán.

Some PRD members criticized Cárdenas Batel for his lack of support for Andrés Manuel López Obrador during the 2006 presidential campaign; some even asked him to leave the party.[2] On the night of election, according to The Wall Street Journal, Batel accepted a call from López Obrador's opponent and eventual winner, Felipe Calderón.[3] He was succeeded in the position as Michoacán governor by Leonel Godoy in February 2008.

Cárdenas Batel is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.

Notes

  1. "Muere Celeste Batel, esposa de Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas". Dallas News (in Spanish). 19 October 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. Vanguardia.com Archived 2012-07-13 at archive.today
  3. Free Preview - WSJ.com
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