López Obrador Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography, Facts & More

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Nickname(s)	"El Peje," ALMO, Mexico's Trump
Profession	Politician
Famous For	Being The President of Mexico
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 173 cm in meters- 1.73 m in feet inches- 5’ 8”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 75 kg in pounds- 165 lbs
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Hair Color	Gray
Politics
Political Party	National Regeneration Movement
Political Journey	1976: Joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) 1988: Joined the new dissenting left-wing of the PRI, then called the Democratic Current and later became the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) 1994: Ran for the governorship of Tabasco but lost to PRI candidate Roberto Madrazo 1996: On August 2, he became president of the PRD and served till April 10, 1999 2000: On July 2, elected Head of Government of the Federal District 2005: Nominated as presidential pre-candidate for the PRD for the 2006 general election 2006: Lost his first attempt at Mexican Presidency to Felipe Calderón, and on November 20, his sympathizers proclaimed him "Legitimate President" 2012: Lost his second attempt at Mexican Presidency to Enrique Peña Nieto, and on September 9, he announced that he would withdraw from the Democratic Revolution Party and would form a new party from the Movement for National Regeneration, which he would later name MORENA 2018: Won his third attempt at Mexican Presidency
Biggest Rival(s)	Ricardo Anaya (candidate of the conservative National Action Party (PAN)) Jose Antonio (of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI))
Personal Life
Date of Birth	November 13, 1953
Age (as in 2017)	64 Years
Birthplace	Tepetitán, Tabasco, Mexico
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Scorpio
Signature
Nationality	Mexican
Hometown	Tepetitan, Southern State of Tabasco, Mexico
School(s)	Marcos Becerra School, Macuspana Municipality, Tabasco, Mexico A Middle School (Name Not Known) in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico A High School (Name Not Known) in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
College/University	National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City
Educational Qualification	Degree in Political and Social Sciences from UNAM in 1987
Religion	Roman Catholic
Ethnicity	Spanish
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Hobbies	Watching Baseball Matches, Reading, Traveling
Controversy	His reputation was damaged in November of 2004 by the lynching of federal law-enforcement officers doing an undercover investigation in Tláhuac. Congress voted in favor of removing López Obrador's immunity. However, due to his popularity, the controversy closed on a technicality, and Lopez, despite the removal of immunity, was not prosecuted.
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Not Known
Marriage Date	April 8, 1979 (with first wife) October 16, 2006 (with second wife)
Family
Wife/Spouse	First Wife- Rocío Beltrán Medina (m. 1979; div. 2003) Second Wife- Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller (m. 2006)
Children	Son(s)- José Ramón, Andrés Manuel, Gonzálo Alfonso (all the three from Rocío Beltrán Medina), Jesús Ernesto (from Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller) Daughter- None
Parents	Father- Andrés López Ramón (ran a fabric shop) Mother- Manuela Obrador González (ran a fabric shop)
Siblings	Brother(s)- Arturo Lopez Obrador, José Ramiro López Obrador, José Ramón López Obrador, Pío Lorenzo López Obrador, Martín Jesús López Obrador Sister- Candelaria López Obrador
Favorite Things
Favorite Sport	Baseball
Favorite Baseball Team	St. Louis Cardinals
Money Factor
Salary (as the President of Mexico)	MXN$208,570.92/Month
Net Worth (approx.)	Not Known

Some Lesser Known Facts About López Obrador

• Does López Obrador smoke?: Not Known

• Does López Obrador drink alcohol?: Not Known

• He was born in a small village named Tepetitán in the southern state of Tabasco.

• Lopez was born as the first son to Veracruz-based merchants.

• His maternal grandfather was exiled to Mexico from Cantabria, Spain.

• Lopez attended the Marcos Becerra school, the only one in town, and helped his parents at the “La Posadita” store in the afternoons. 

• His family moved to Tabasco’s capital, Villahermosa in the mid-1960s, where they opened the clothes and shoe store “Novedades Andrés.”

• On June 8, 1969, an incident took place in which his brother José Ramón López Obrador was killed by a gunshot. A theory suggested that Lopez accidentally shot at his brother while playing together with a pistol. The incident affected him deeply.

• After his schooling at Tabasco’s capital, Villahermosa, Lopez went to Mexico City to pursue his degree in political and social sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). 

• In 1976, Lopez Obrador joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and supported Carlos Pellicer’s campaign for Senate seat for Tabasco. 

• In 1977, he headed the Indigenous People’s Institute of Tabasco. 

• In 1984, Lopez returned to Mexico City to work at the National Consumers’ Institute, a government agency.

• In 1988, he resigned from the National Consumers’ Institute and joined the Democratic Current, led by Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas.

• In 1996, López Obrador gained national exposure when he appeared on National TV drenched in blood following confrontations with the police; as he had blocked Pemex oil wells to defend the rights of local indigenous people impacted by pollution. 

• After heading PRD from 1996 to 1999, he served as Head of Government of the Federal District from 2000 to 2005.

• During his tenure as Head of Government of the Federal District, Lopez became one of the most discernible politicians in Mexico.

• In 2004, López Obrador was the runner-up in the World Mayor Prize, losing out to Tirana mayor Edi Rama.

• During his stint as Mayor, Lopez kept 80% of the promises he made during his election campaign and implemented various social programs to help vulnerable groups including senior citizens, single mothers, and the physically and mentally challenged.

• He also helped found a new university- the Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México. 

• López Obrador also led the restoration and modernization of Mexico City’s historic downtown.

• In August 2006, he lost his first attempt at Mexican Presidency to Felipe Calderón. However, on November 20, 2006, Mexican Revolution day, López Obrador’s sympathizers proclaimed him “Legitimate President” in a rally at the Zócalo in Mexico City. 

• In July 2018, he won the Mexican Presidency with an overwhelming majority. 

• López Obrador is nicknamed as “El Peje,” after a common Tabasco fish, the pejelagarto.

• During his campaign for the Mexican Presidency in 2018, he also earned the nickname of “Mexico’s Trump” for his “Mexico First” agenda that was aligned with Donald Trump’s “America First” ethos.

• During his Presidential campaign, he also said that he would live in his own middle-class home, turn the official residence into an arts center, sell the presidential plane, and slash his salary.