Gabriel Ramos Millán

Gabriel Ramos Millán (1903–September 26, 1949) was a Mexican politician, lawyer and urban developer who was known locally as the "Apostle of Corn". A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) – and its forerunner, the Party of the Mexican Revolution (PRM) – Ramos Millán was considered by many, including President Miguel Alemán, as a strong candidate for Mexico's presidency. Alemán and Ramos Millán had a personal friendship.

Ramos Millán was born in Ayapango, State of Mexico, a town that later honoured him by changing its name to Ayapango de Gabriel Ramos Millán.

He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the State of Mexico's 9th district in the 1943 mid-term election and to the Senate for his home state in 1946.

On President Alemán's instructions, Ramos Millán created the National Corn Commission (Comisión Nacional del Maíz) in 1947.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.