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Carlos Alberto Madrazo Becerra -LRB- July 7 , 1915 -- June 4 , 1969 -RRB- was a reformist Mexican politician .. Mexican. Mexico. politician. politician. Madrazo was born on the rancheria of Parrilla , in the state of Tabasco , to Pioquinto Madrazo Lopez , a businessman , and Concepcion Becerra , a schoolteacher .. Tabasco. Tabasco. rancheria. rancheria. Parrilla. Parrilla, Tabasco. state. States of Mexico. His childhood was marked by poverty , but his mother taught him the will to overcome adversity .. He was an avid learner , studying at the Jose N. Rovirosa Institute , where his oratory skills led to his being selected to give a speech on Benito Juarez on the hero 's birthday .. Jose N. Rovirosa Institute. Jose N. Rovirosa Institute. Benito Juarez. Benito Juarez. Tabasco governor Ausencio Conrado Cruz and Tomas Garrido Canabal , president of the pro-Calles Central Resistance League , both present as the event , were impressed with his eloquence .. Tabasco. Tabasco. Tabasco governor. Governor of Tabasco. Ausencio Conrado Cruz. Ausencio Conrado Cruz. Tomas Garrido Canabal. Tomas Garrido Canabal. Calles. Plutarco Elias Calles. Central Resistance League. Central Resistance League. president. President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Following the event , Garrido Canabal invited Madrazo on his statewide speaking tours , where he became known as `` the young tribune '' .. Madrazo received a scholarship from the state government of Tabasco and studied at Juarez University where he organized the Confederation of Southeastern Socialist Students -LRB- Confederacion de Estudiantes Socialistas del Sureste -RRB- , which also drew support from peasants and labor .. Tabasco. Tabasco. state. States of Mexico. Juarez University. Juarez Autonomous University of Tabasco. Confederation of Southeastern Socialist Students. Confederation of Southeastern Socialist Students. He also wrote for the newspaper Rendicion .. Rendicion. Rendicion. He moved to Mexico City to continue his studies at the National Preparatory School , and in 1937 represented the Society of National Preparatory School Students as their president at the Second Congress of Mexican Socialist Students in Uruapan , Michoacan .. Mexico. Mexico. Mexican. Mexico. Mexico City. Mexico City. National Preparatory School. National Preparatory School. Uruapan. Uruapan. Michoacan. Michoacan. president. President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. In the same year , he earned his law degree from the National Autonomous University and joined the Party of the Mexican Revolution -LRB- PRM , later renamed PRI -RRB- , becoming its president from 1938 to 1939 .. PRI. Institutional Revolutionary Party. Mexican. Mexico. National Autonomous University. National Autonomous University of Mexico. Party of the Mexican Revolution. Institutional Revolutionary Party. president. President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He also presided over the Confederation of Mexican Youth .. Mexican. Mexico. Confederation of Mexican Youth. Confederation of Mexican Youth. In 1942 he was appointed General Director of Social Action of the Mexican Federal District -LRB- DF -RRB- and in 1944 became Director of the National School of Archivists and Librarians .. Mexican. Mexico. Mexican Federal District. Mexican Federal District. In 1943 , he became a federal deputy of the second electoral district of the DF , but as a supporter of Javier Rojo Gomez , who aspired to succeed President Manuel Avila Camacho , he was targeted by Rojo Gomez 's rivals , who implicated him in a scheme to disperse fraudulent Bracero Program cards to would-be migrants .. Javier Rojo Gomez. Javier Rojo Gomez. President. President of Mexico. Manuel Avila Camacho. Manuel Avila Camacho. Bracero Program. Bracero Program. As a result , he was imprisoned .. In 1952 , Madrazo was named Chief of the Legal Departament of the Sugarcane Commission .. The same year his son Roberto Madrazo , who would later go on to represent the PRI in the 2006 Mexican presidential election , was born .. PRI. Institutional Revolutionary Party. Roberto Madrazo. Roberto Madrazo. Mexican. Mexico. 2006 Mexican presidential election. 2006 Mexican presidential election. In 1954 he wrote Anecdotas de Personajes Famosos -LRB- `` Anecdotes of Famous People '' -RRB- .. He represented the Tabasco state government in Mexico City , and supported Adolfo Lopez Mateos 's successful bid for the presidency , campaigning on his behalf .. Tabasco. Tabasco. Mexico. Mexico. state. States of Mexico. Mexico City. Mexico City. Adolfo Lopez Mateos. Adolfo Lopez Mateos. When Lopez Mateos arrived in Tabasco , he proposed the development of the Southeast of Mexico as a possibility for the country 's prime source of income .. Tabasco. Tabasco. Mexico. Mexico. On April 20 , 1958 , Madrazo took the oath of candidacy for the office of Governor of Tabasco , and was elected in 1959 .. Governor of Tabasco. Governor of Tabasco. Tabasco. Tabasco. His governorship saw public improvements such as 100 kilometers of roadway and the opening of hundreds of schools and hospitals in addition to private developments such as milk rehydration and pasteurization plants and the industrialization of the cacao industry at Cardenas .. cacao. Cocoa bean. Cardenas. Cardenas, Tabasco. Following his governorship , President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz appointed Madrazo to the presidency of the PRI , hoping that his energetic but loyal leadership could would placate the youthful faction of the party without disrupting the old guard 's control of the party .. PRI. Institutional Revolutionary Party. President. President of Mexico. Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. But Madrazo took his appointment as a mandate to democratize the party .. He replaced old and corrupt party officials with dynamic members of the new generation , and tried to institute such reforms as open primaries for local offices , and a `` Commission of Honor '' to investigate and punish political corruption .. These proposals lay bare the empty nature of Mexican `` democracy '' and earned him enemies within the PRI , and in 1965 he was forced to resign his leadership of the party .. PRI. Institutional Revolutionary Party. Mexican. Mexico. After being relieved of his duties , he returned to his position as the head of the national librarian school .. He continued to be active in the PRI , beginning `` an unprecedented campaign of sniping at the government from the sidelines '' , whence he `` gathered a considerable body of opinion behind him '' .. PRI. Institutional Revolutionary Party. In 1969 he died in a plane crash on Pico del Fraile Hill in Monterrey , Nuevo Leon , with his wife Graciela Pintado .. Monterrey. Monterrey. Nuevo Leon. Nuevo Leon