Lázaro Cárdenas
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Lázaro Cárdenas Lázaro Cárdenas served as the 40th President of Mexico from 1934 to 1940 and is considered one of the greatest presidents in Mexican history. He nationalized the oil industry in 1938 — creating PEMEX — redistributed 18 million hectares of land, sheltered Spanish Republican refugees, and transformed Mexico's political and economic landscape.
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Lázaro Cárdenas del Río was a Mexican army officer and politician who served as president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. Previously, he served as a general in the Constitutional Army during the Mexican Revolution and as Governor of Michoacán and President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He later served as the Secretary of National Defence. During his presidency, which is considered the end of the Maximato, he implemented massive land reform programs, led the expropriation of the country's oil industry, and implemented many key social reforms.
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Cárdenas as a child, c.1900 Lázaro Cárdenas del Río was born on 21 May 1895,...
Cárdenas as a child, c.1900 Lázaro Cárdenas del Río was born on 21 May 1895, one of eight children in a lower-middle-class family in the village of Jiquilpan, Michoacán, where his father (Dámaso Cárdenas Pineda) owned a billiard hall
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Birth of Lázaro Cárdenas.
personalAfter the death of his father in 1911, from the age of 16, Cárdenas supported...
After the death of his father in 1911, from the age of 16, Cárdenas supported his family (including his mother and seven younger siblings)
careerMilitary career Cárdenas in the Constitutional Army, c.1913 General Lázaro...
Military career Cárdenas in the Constitutional Army, c.1913 General Lázaro Cárdenas Cárdenas set his sights on becoming a teacher but was drawn into the military during the Mexican Revolution after Victoriano Huerta overthrew President Francisco Madero in February 1913, although Michoacán was far fr
careerHe escaped the Federal forces in Michoacán and moved north, where he served...
He escaped the Federal forces in Michoacán and moved north, where he served initially with Álvaro Obregón, then Pancho Villa, and after 1915 when Villa was defeated by Obregón to Plutarco Elías Calles, who served Constitutionalist leader Venustiano Carranza
careerIn 1920, after Carranza was overthrown by northern generals, Cárdenas was given...
In 1920, after Carranza was overthrown by northern generals, Cárdenas was given the rank of brigadier general at the age of 25
careerCárdenas's election had not triggered revolts by disgruntled military men with...
Cárdenas's election had not triggered revolts by disgruntled military men with ambitions to the presidency, as had happened in 1923, 1928, and 1929
personalIt was politically impossible for his patron, Calles, to serve as president...
It was politically impossible for his patron, Calles, to serve as president again, but he continued to dominate Mexico after his presidency (1924–28) through "puppet administrations" in a period known as the Maximato
personalWhen he was chosen as the presidential candidate in 1934, no one expected him...
When he was chosen as the presidential candidate in 1934, no one expected him to be anything other than being loyal to Calles, the "Jefe Máximo", and power behind the presidency since 1929
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