Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado (December 12, 1934 - April 1, 2012) was a Mexican PR politician who served as the 17th Prime Minister of Mexico from 1982 to 1990. At just under eight years, his Ministry was the second-longest in Mexican history up until that time. De la Madrid was a skilled campaigner and politician who led the PR to commanding majority victories in the 1983 and 1987 elections after the party was forced to govern in a coalition in the 1970s with the Socialists. De la Madrid, secure after the 1983 elections, instituted controversial market reforms and openly sought closer relationships with the United States, which were strained in the early 1980s over public opposition to American military bases in the Yucatan being used for operations in Brazil as well as various incidents al