Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Andrés Manuel López Obrador is a Mexican politician who served as president of Mexico from 2018 to 2024. Known as AMLO, he led the National Regeneration Movement and pursued a program called the Fourth Transformation.

Fourth Transformation: The political project López Obrador named the Fourth Transformation of Mexico, linking his government to earlier national upheavals. This was the defining name and historical framing for his governing program.
Claudia Sheinbaum: A Mexican politician who succeeded López Obrador as president in 2024 after winning the presidential election. She was his chosen political successor and continued the governing coalition's project.
Mexican War on Drugs: A decades-long government campaign against drug trafficking organizations, marked by extensive military deployment and persistent violence. López Obrador criticized militarized drug-war policy while retaining a substantial role for the armed forces.
Tabasco: A state in southeastern Mexico on the Gulf of Mexico, where López Obrador was born and began his political career. His early political organizing and first elected office were rooted in this state.
Olive Branch Airport: The international airport serving Mexico City, opened in 2022 at the former Santa Lucía military air base. López Obrador promoted it as an alternative to the canceled Texcoco airport project.
National Regeneration Movement: A Mexican political party founded in 2011 that brought López Obrador to the presidency. The party became his electoral vehicle and the central force of his political movement.
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas: A Mexican politician who helped found the Party of the Democratic Revolution and challenged the ruling party's dominance. Cárdenas's opposition movement formed part of the political tradition López Obrador later joined.
Energy reform in Mexico: Changes to Mexican law and institutions that opened parts of the energy sector to private investment, especially in 2013. His government reversed or constrained parts of the opening, prioritizing state energy companies.
Institutional Revolutionary Party: A Mexican political party that governed the country for most of the twentieth century and shaped its political system. López Obrador began his political career in the PRI before joining opposition politics.
Dos Bocas Refinery: A state-owned oil refinery in Tabasco, officially named the Olmeca Refinery, developed during López Obrador's presidency. It embodied his goal of strengthening domestic fuel production and the state oil company.

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