Enrique Olivares Santana

Enrique Olivares Santana was born in the ejido of San Luis de Letras, Rincón de Romos, Aguascalientes, on August 22, 1920. His parents, Teodoro Olivares and Julia Santana, were :es:campesinos, or farmworkers. As a young man, Don Teodoro fought for the government during the Cristero War. He was the first General Secretary of the Liga de Comunidades Agrarias de Aguascalientes (Augascalientes League of Agrarian Communities) in 1932, and in 1935 he was elected municipal president of Rincón de Romos. He joined the PNR (predecessor of PRI) in 1930; Enrique's uncle, Ricardo Olivares, became the state secretary of PNR in 1932. Enrique had seven siblings: Emilia, Juan, Humberto, Toña, Adolia, Víctor, and Teresa; Enrique and Humberto were particularly close, and both became teachers. Olivares died on March 18, 2004. ==Political and professional career==

As a teacher, Olivares Santana was active in union activities from 1944 to 1961. He began his political activities in 1946 when he direct the presidential campaign of Miguel Alemán in Aguascalientes, and from 1950 to 1953 he served as a deputy in the state legislature. He became president of the PRI in Aguascalientes in 1952. During the presidency of Luis Echeverría (1970-1976), Oliveres was president of the Gran Comisión del Senado de la República (Great Commission of the Senate of the Republic. Under President José López Portillo, Oliveares began as General of Director of Banobras, and in 1979 he became Secretary of the Interior. Olivares was Ambassador to Cuba from 1985 to 1987, and he was the first Mexican Ambassador to the Vatican, from 1992 to 1996. ==Legacy==

• The city hall in Pabellón de Arteaga Municipality bears his name. • ENRIQUE OLIVARES SANTANA A 100 AÑOS DE SU NACIMIENTO (YouTube video) (in Spanish) ==Bibliography==