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PRM Renamed PRI — First Civilian President

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The PRM was renamed Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) under Miguel Alemán, who also became Mexico's first civilian president in the post-revolutionary era. The renaming reflected the party's claim to have institutionalized the revolution and its shift toward technocratic governance. Alemán's presidency began Mexico's industrialization-first development model, favoring capital over labor.

  • T1 Diario Oficial de la Federación, January 18, 1946 Official
  • T3 Luis Medina Peña, Hacia el nuevo estado: México, 1920–2000, FCE Institutional