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Lázaro Cárdenas was the 51st President of Mexico, serving during a significant period in the nation's history. He is an important figure in Mexican politics and governance, though specific details of his accomplishments and impact would require additional historical context.
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Place of birth
- Jiquilpan de Juárez
- Place of death
- Mexico City
- Spouse
- Amalia Solórzano
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Political party
- Institutional Revolutionary Party
- Languages spoken
- Standard Spanish
- Conflict
- Mexican Revolution
- Military branch
- Constitutional Army
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- name in native language
- Lázaro Cárdenas del Río
- date of birth
- 1895-05-21
- date of death
- 1970-10-19
- cause of death
- diabetes
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Encyclopedic overview
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlasaɾo ˈkaɾðenas] ; 21 May 1895 – 19 October 1970) was a Mexican revolutionary, army officer, and politician who served as the 51st 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.
Born in Jiquilpan, Michoacán, to a working-class family, Cárdenas joined the Mexican Revolution and became a general in the Constitutionalist Army. Although he was not from the state of Sonora, whose revolutionary generals dominated Mexican politics in the 1920s, Cárdenas was hand-picked by Plutarco Elías Calles, Sonoran general and former president of Mexico, as a presidential candidate and won in the 1934 general election.
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