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Narciso Bassols

Narciso Bassols García (October 22, 1897 – July 24, 1959) was a Mexican lawyer, socialist politician, ambassador to France, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom, and professor of law at the National University of Mexico. He co-founded the Popular Party (), and the League of Political Action (). Bassols is most noted for his role in socializing the country's public education system.

Narciso Bassols, born in Tenango del Valle, Estado de México, was an atheist and the nephew of Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada. As author of the Agrarian Law of 1927, Bassols fought for agrarian reform and is noted as stating of the long suffering Mayan people: ''"hundreds of infamies, deceptions, Socialist mystifications, mass murders, immortal and ostentatious corruptions, banquets of bureaucrats, and Roman orgies all practiced by Socialist compañeros."'' Provided by Wikipedia