Antonio Riva Palacio López

Antonio Riva Palacio López (26 April 1926 – 15 July 2014) was a Mexican lawyer, politician, and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). After representing his party in both chambers of Congress, he served as the governor of Morelos for a full six-year term – the last PRI governor to do so – from 1988 to 1994.

Biography Antonio Riva Palacio was born in Cuautla, Morelos, on 26 April 1926, into a prominent political family that included the 19th-century figures Mariano and Vicente Riva Palacio. He earned a law degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1951 and later taught law at the Autonomous University of Morelos (UAEM).

He joined the PRI in 1946. During his legislative terms, he served as the president of both chambers.

In 1988 he fought and won the Morelos gubernatorial election. He served as governor from 18 May 1988 to 17 May 1994, making him the last governor from the PRI, , to serve a full term.

He was appointed Mexico's ambassador to Ecuador in 1994, where he remained until 1998.

Antonio Riva Palacio López died in Cuernavaca, Morelos, on 15 July 2014, at the age of 88.