Gabriel Ramos Millán (1903–September 26, 1949) was a Mexican politician, lawyer and urban developer who was known locally as the "Apostle of Corn".
[1] A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) – and its forerunner, the Party of the Mexican Revolution (PRM) – Ramos Millán was considered by many, including President Miguel Alemán, as a strong candidate for Mexico's presidency.
[3] On President Alemán's instructions, Ramos Millán created the National Corn Commission (Comisión Nacional del Maíz) in 1947.
[3][5] On September 26, 1949, Ramos Millán and 22 others, including actress Blanca Estela Pavón, were killed when their Mexicana de Aviación Douglas DC-3 airplane crashed onto the Popocatépetl volcano in an accident that killed everyone on board during the Tapachula to Mexico City leg of a Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Mexico City flight.
[6] To honour Ramos Millán, his home town changed its name to Ayapango de Gabriel Ramos Millán, and an elementary school was named after him in Sinaloa.