José López Portillo
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José López Portillo was a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1976 to 1982, overseeing a period of oil-driven economic boom followed by severe debt crisis.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| José López Portillo canonical | 4 |
| López Portillo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6923452 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: José López Portillo Context triple: [Miguel de la Madrid, predecessor, José López Portillo]
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A.
Miguel de la Madrid
Miguel de la Madrid was a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1982 to 1988, overseeing a period of severe economic crisis and initiating market-oriented reforms.
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B.
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Carlos Salinas de Gortari is a Mexican economist and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1988 to 1994 and played a central role in the country’s shift toward neoliberal economic policies.
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C.
Raúl Salinas de Gortari
Raúl Salinas de Gortari is a Mexican businessman and former government official widely known for his involvement in major corruption and criminal scandals during and after the presidency of his brother, Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
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D.
Luis de la Madrid
Luis de la Madrid is a Spanish film editor best known for his work on genre and horror films, including collaborations with director Guillermo del Toro.
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E.
Luis Echeverría
Luis Echeverría was a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 1970 to 1976, known for his controversial authoritarian rule and involvement in political repression.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: José López Portillo Target entity description: José López Portillo was a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1976 to 1982, overseeing a period of oil-driven economic boom followed by severe debt crisis.
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A.
Miguel de la Madrid
Miguel de la Madrid was a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1982 to 1988, overseeing a period of severe economic crisis and initiating market-oriented reforms.
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B.
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Carlos Salinas de Gortari is a Mexican economist and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1988 to 1994 and played a central role in the country’s shift toward neoliberal economic policies.
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C.
Raúl Salinas de Gortari
Raúl Salinas de Gortari is a Mexican businessman and former government official widely known for his involvement in major corruption and criminal scandals during and after the presidency of his brother, Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
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D.
Luis de la Madrid
Luis de la Madrid is a Spanish film editor best known for his work on genre and horror films, including collaborations with director Guillermo del Toro.
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E.
Luis Echeverría
Luis Echeverría was a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 1970 to 1976, known for his controversial authoritarian rule and involvement in political repression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mexican politician
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President of Mexico ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Order of the Aztec Eagle ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Panteón Español, Mexico City ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Mexico ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1920-06-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2004-02-17 ⓘ |
| economicPolicy |
expansion of public spending financed by oil revenues
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nationalization of Mexico’s banking system in 1982 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | National Autonomous University of Mexico ⓘ |
| era | late 20th-century Mexican politics ⓘ |
| familyName |
López Portillo
ⓘ
linked to:
José López Portillo
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| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| givenName | José ⓘ |
| implemented |
bank nationalization in Mexico
ⓘ
exchange controls in Mexico in 1982 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
managing Mexico’s oil boom in the late 1970s
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presiding over Mexico’s 1982 debt crisis ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Spanish ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Institutional Revolutionary Party ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
La administración pública mexicana
ⓘ
Quetzalcóatl ⓘ
linked to:
Quetzalcoatl
|
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1982-11-30 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1976-12-01 ⓘ |
| oversaw |
rapid growth of Mexico’s external debt
ⓘ
significant devaluation of the Mexican peso in 1982 ⓘ |
| partOf | Presidents of the Institutional Revolutionary Party era in Mexico ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Mexico City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Mexico City ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the Federal Electricity Commission of Mexico
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President of Mexico ⓘ Secretary of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Luis Echeverría Álvarez
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linked to:
Luis Echeverría
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| presidentialTerm | 1976–1982 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Los Pinos ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Carmen Romano
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Rosa Luz Alegría ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Miguel de la Madrid ⓘ |
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Subject: José López Portillo Description of subject: José López Portillo was a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1976 to 1982, overseeing a period of oil-driven economic boom followed by severe debt crisis.
Referenced by (5)
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