Enrique Cárdenas González (February 4, 1927[1] – March 1, 2018) was a Mexican politician and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
In the 1950s, he began his business career selling cars in Tampico and later moved to Matamoros, where he sold and repaired farm implements.
[4] When Gustavo Díaz Ordaz left the Federal Electoral Commission to run for president, Luis Echeverría took his place, starting a friendship that would catalyze Cárdenas's political career.
[4] Cárdenas promoted Tamaulipas's agricultural sector during his tenure as governor from 1975 to 1981 through his program called Revolución Verde, or Green Revolution.
[2] The initiative led to the modernization of Tamaulipas's agriculture industry, including an increase in land clearing and tillage for farming.