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Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born November 13, 1953), also known as AMLO is a Mexican politician who held the position of Head of Government of the Federal District from 2000 to 2005, before resigning in July 2005 to contend the 2006 presidential election, representing the Coalition for the Good of All, a coalition led by the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) that includes the Convergence party and the Labor Party. He is the leader of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) and was a candidate for 2012 presidential election, representing a coalition of the PRD, Labor Party and Citizens' Movement (formerly Convergence).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Semblanza de Andres Manuel López Obrador )〕 He announced his resignation from the party on 9 September 2012. ==Background== Andrés Manuel López Obrador was born in Macuspana, in the southern state of Tabasco, in 1953.〔()〕 He joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in 1976 to support Carlos Pellicer's campaign for a senate seat for Tabasco. A year later, he headed the Instituto Indigenista (Indigenous People's Institute) of his state. In 1984, he relocated to Mexico City to work at the Instituto Nacional del Consumidor (National Consumers' Institute), a Government agency. López Obrador was president of the PRI in his home state. He resigned his post working for the government of this state in 1988 to join the new dissenting left wing of the PRI, then called the Democratic Current, led by Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas. This movement formed the National Democratic Front and later became the PRD. In 1994, López Obrador ran for the governorship of his home state, but lost to the PRI's Roberto Madrazo in a highly controversial election〔()〕 where Roberto Madrazo was questioned for his excessive expenses in political propaganda. López Obrador gained national exposure as an advocate for the rights of indigenous people when in 1996 he appeared on national TV drenched in blood following confrontations with police force for blocking Pemex oil wells to defend the rights of local indigenous people impacted by pollution. López Obrador publicly denied being a Protestant, and in a television interview he called himself a Roman Catholic.〔 〕〔()〕 López Obrador was president of the PRD from August 2, 1996 to April 10, 1999. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrés Manuel López Obrador」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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