12 Notable alumni of
Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo
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The Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo is 2345th in the world, 107th in Latin America, and 15th in Mexico by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from the Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
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- priestrebel leaderCatholic priestpolitician
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Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mandarte y Villaseñor, more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or Miguel Hidalgo ( Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel iˈðalɣo]), was a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence and recognized as the Father of the Nation.
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José María Morelos
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- military personnelpriestpolitician
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José María Teclo Morelos Pérez y Pavón was a Mexican Catholic priest, statesman and military leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811.
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Pascual Ortiz Rubio
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- military personnelpoliticianministerdiplomat
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Pascual Ortiz Rubio served as President of Mexico from 1930 to 1932. He was one of three presidents to serve out the six-year term (1928–1934) of assassinated president-elect Álvaro Obregón, while former president Plutarco Elías Calles retained power in a period known as the Maximato. Calles was so blatantly in control of the government that Ortiz Rubio resigned the presidency in protest in September 1932.
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Marko Antonio Cortés Mendoza
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- politician
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Marko Antonio Cortés Mendoza is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He currently serves in the Chamber of Deputies for the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress, representing the state of Michoacán and the fifth electoral region.
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Juan Bautista Ceballos
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- politicianjudgelawyer
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Juan Bautista Loreto Mucio Francisco José de Asís de la Santísima Trinidad Ceballos Gómez Sañudo was a Mexican politician who served in congress and in the supreme court before being briefly made president after the resignation of President Mariano Arista during a revolution known as the Plan of Jalisco in 1853. He failed to come to any sort of arrangements with the insurgents and resigned after only about a month of serving and went back to his seat on the supreme court. After being removed from the court by the restored Santa Anna, he left the country and died in Paris in 1859.
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Aureliano Blanquet
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- military personnelministerpolitician
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Aureliano Blanquet was a general of the Federal Army during the Mexican Revolution. He was a key participant in the coup d'état during the Ten Tragic Days. One historian has identified Blanquet as "one of the major villains of the Mexican Revolution".
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Leonel Godoy Rangel
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- politicianlawyer
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Leonel Godoy Rangel is a Mexican lawyer, politician, and former Governor of Michoacán. He is a former president of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).
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Fausto Vallejo
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- politicianlawyer
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Fausto Vallejo y Figueroa is a Mexican lawyer, politician, a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), a and former governor of Michoacán. He has served three times as mayor of Morelia, Michoacán (1994–1995, 2002–2004 and 2008–2011). On June 18, 2014, he announced he was stepping down as governor to take care of his health.
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Joseph A. Lopez
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- academic administratorchaplaineducatorCatholic priest
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Joseph Anton Lopez was a Mexican Catholic priest and Jesuit. Born in Michoacán, he studied canon law at the Colegio de San Nicolás and the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico. He became acquainted with the future Empress consort Ana María Huarte and was made chaplain to the future imperial family. He was later put in charge of the education of all the princes in Mexico. Lopez was a close ally of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide, residing in Madrid for four years as his attorney and political informant, and accompanying him during his exile to Italy and England.
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Cristóbal Arias Solís
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- politicianlawyer
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Cristóbal Arias Solís is a Mexican lawyer and politician, belonging to the National Regeneration Movement. He has been a senator of the Republic three times: from 1988 to 1991, 1994 to 2000, and from 2018 to 2021. He also served as a federal deputy from 1982 to 1985 and from 1991 to 1994. He has been a candidate for governor of the State of Michoacán on three occasions by the Party of the Democratic Revolution and the Fuerza por México party. Since July 5, 2021, he is a senator to the Congress of the Union for Michoacán.
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Antonio García Conejo
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- politician
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Antonio García Conejo is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution serving as a senator from the state of Michoacán since 2018. He was also a federal deputy in the LXII Legislature as well as a local deputy in the Congress of Michoacán.
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Iris Vianey Mendoza
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- politicianlawyer
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Iris Vianey Mendoza Mendoza is a Mexican politician and lawyer affiliated with the PRD. She currently serves as Senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress.
