When Juan Manuel Duran was born on 1 June 1931, in Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico, his father, Apolinar Duran Acevedo, was 33 and his mother, San Juana Acevedo Salazar, was 24. He married Maria Martha Rios on 29 December 1955, in San José, Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico. He died on 4 February 2005, in his hometown, at the age of 73.
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Lázaro Cárdenas presidency. Forced exile of Calles (1936). Cárdenas begins socialist policies. Agrarian reform establishes ejidos (see Glossary) and collectivization. Official party renamed Party of the Mexican Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Mexicana--PRM). includes representatives from all sectors of society. Nationalization of oil industry in 1938.
Manuel Ávila Camacho presidency. Mexico joins Allies in declaring war on Axis powers. PRM reorganized to provide wider representation and renamed Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional--PRI). Bracero (migrant Mexican worker) agreement established between Mexico and United States.
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines presidency. Women's suffrage extended to national level. Beginning of political stability through appointment of PRI candidates to presidency.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Manuel, Carlos, Jesus, Luis, Francisco, Mario, Miguel, Ramon, Raul, Ruben.
Spanish (Durán), Catalan, and southern French: from a variant of the personal name Durand .
Polish and Romanian: from a derivative of Dura .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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