Raúl Salinas Lozano (born Agualeguas, Nuevo León; 1 May 1917 – 23 February 2004) was a Mexican economist. He was a former Secretary of Agriculture, Mexican Ambassador to the Soviet Union and father of former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[1] He served as economics minister under José López Portillo.[2]

Raúl Salinas Lozano
Senator for Nuevo León
In office
1 September 1982 – 31 August 1988
Preceded byAdrián Yáñez Martínez
Succeeded byRicardo Canavati Tafich
Secretary of Industry and Commerce
In office
1 December 1958 – 30 November 1964
PresidentAdolfo López Mateos
Preceded byGilberto Loyo González
(as Secretary of Economy)
Succeeded byOctaviano Campos Salas
Personal details
Born(1917-05-01)1 May 1917
Agualeguas, Nuevo León, Mexico
Died23 February 2004(2004-02-23) (aged 86)
Mexico City, Mexico
Political partyInstitutional Revolutionary

Lozano studied economics at both the National Autonomous University of Mexico and Harvard University, where he earned as master's degree. He returned to Mexico and taught at universities and served in a series of government positions.

Lozano was married to Margarita de Gortari Carvajal, with whom he had five children. Lozano's older son, Raúl Salinas de Gortari, was convicted of the murder of his sister Adriana's husband José Francisco Ruiz Massieu in 1999, although the sentence was overturned in June 2005.[3] Lozano died of pneumonia at age 86.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Payan, Tony; Staudt, Kathleen; Kruszewski, Z. Anthony (2013-10-17). A War that Can't Be Won: Binational Perspectives on the War on Drugs. University of Arizona Press. pp. 130–144. ISBN 978-0-8165-9915-8.
  2. ^ Hodges, Donald Clark; Gandy, Ross; Gandy, Daniel Ross (2002). Mexico, the End of the Revolution. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-275-97333-9.
  3. ^ "Mexico frees ex-leader's brother". 2005-06-10. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  4. ^ "Raul Salinas Lozano, 87; Father of Former Mexican President". Los Angeles Times. 24 February 2004.