Background
López Portillo Pacheco, José was born on June 16, 1920 in Federal District, Mexico. Pedro Ojeda Paullada served as Subdirector of the Federal Boards of Material Improvement under López Portillo. Friend of Luis Echeverría since grammar school days.
Grandson of José López Portillo y Rojas, Secretary of Foreign Relations under Victoriano Huerta and governor of Jalisco, 1911-1913. Son of engineer José López Portillo y Weber, historian and member of the Board of Directors of Petróleos Mexicanos. Worked for many years in the law firm of Gabriel Garcia Rojas.
Daughter Paulina married Pascual Ortiz Rubio Downey, grandson of former president Pascual Ortiz Rubio. Cousin of Pedro Telo de Landero y Pacheco, director of the National Fruitgrowers Commission. Son José Ramón López Portillo, served as Subsecretary of Planning, 1980-1981, and married María Antonieta García López, daughter of Ambassador Agustín García López Santaolalla.
Cousin Manuel López Portillo, served as Subsecretary of Environmental Improvement, 1980-1982. Cousin of prominent journalist Julio Scherer Garcia.
Education
Primary studies at the Benito Juárez Public School, Federal District. Secondary studies completed in the Federal District, 1935. Preparatory studies at the National Preparatory School, Federal District, 1937.
Law degree from the University of Santiago, Chile, on a political science scholarship from the Chilean government, 1942-1945. Law degree from the National School of Law, National Autonomous University, 1946. Doctor of Laws from the National School of Law, National Autonomous University, 1950.
Professor of Law at the National School of Law, National Autonomous University, 1947-1958. Founder of the University Extension Program. Founding Professor of Political Science and Government Policy, Ph.D. Program in Administrative Sciences, Graduate School of Business and Administration, National Autonomous University.
Career
From the National School of Law, National Autonomous University, 1950. Professor of Law at the National School of Law, National Autonomous University, 1947-1958. Founder of the University Extension Program.
Founding Professor of Political Science and Government Policy, Ph.D. Program in Administrative Sciences, Graduate School of Business and Administration, National Autonomous University. d. President of Mexico, 1976-1982. Member of the Social and Economic Council during the Presidential campaign of Adolfo López Mateos, 1958.
Member of the New Advisory Council of the Institute of Economic, Political, and Social Studies of Institutional Revolutionary Party, 1972. Technical adviser to the Oficial Mayor of the Secretariat of National Patrimony, 1959-1960. Member of the Revisory Committee of Article 3 of the Constitution, 1959.
Director General of the Federal Boards of Material Improvement, Secretariat of Government Properties, 1960-1965. Director of Legal Counsel to the Secretariat of the Presidency, 1965-1968. Subsecretary of the Presidency, 1968-1970.
Subsecretary of Government Properties, 1970-1972. Director General of the Federal Electric Commission, 1972-1973. Secretary of the Treasury, 1973-1975.
Practicing lawyer, 1946-1959. Author of several books. Accused by his critics of widespread corruption.
Membership
Member of the Almazanista Student Vanguard, 1939-1940.
