Manuel Gómez Morín

Manuel Gómez Morín (February 27, 1897 – April 19, 1972) was a Mexican politician. He was a founding member of the National Action Party, and one of its theoreticians. Prior to this he was considered a leading figure in Mexican monetary policy, one of the so-called Siete Sabios de México (Seven Sages of Mexico).

Gómez Morín was born in the old mining town of Batopilas in the state of Chihuahua on February 27, 1897. His father Manuel Gómez Castillo (of Spanish origin) died at age 24, shortly after his son was born. His mother, Concepción Morín de Avellano, was a native of Parral, Chihuahua.

His widowed mother sold their small home and moved to Parral around 1911, from there they moved to the city of Chihuahua. Later, looking for a better place for her son, she moved to León, Guanajuato, there, in a Sacred Heart school, Manuel finished his primary school studies. His first years of preparatory school in the María Inmaculada school, founded by the bishop of León, Don Emeterio Valverde y Téllez.

By 1913, mother and child left León and moved to Mexico City where Manuel entered the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria and finished high school.

From 1915 to 1919 he worked from correcting tests to writing editorials in revolutionary papers to help his family. He worked in the Secretaría de Hacienda from 1919 to 1921.

He married Lidia Torres Fuentes in 1924, with whom he had 4 children: Juan Manuel, Gabriela, Mauricio and Margarita.

He died on April 19, 1972, in Mexico City. He rests in Mexico City's Rotonda de los Personajes Ilustres.

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