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Lázaro Cárdenas

1895 - 1970

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Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlasaɾo ˈkaɾðenas] ; 21 May 1895 – 19 October 1970) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lázaro Cárdenas is the 3,420th most popular politician (down from 3,291st in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 27th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Mexican Politician.

Lázaro Cárdenas is most famous for being president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. He is also known for nationalizing the oil industry in 1938.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lázaro Cárdenas ranks 3,420 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Suinin, Alar Karis, Inessa Armand, Abaoji, Publius Cornelius Dolabella, and Yevgeny Primakov. After him are Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca, Zoran Milanović, Alexios I of Trebizond, Asma al-Assad, Isabella, Countess of Gloucester, and Julia Avita Mamaea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Lázaro Cárdenas ranks 58. Before him are Dorothea Lange, Augusto César Sandino, Albert Göring, Dickinson W. Richards, Richard Walther Darré, and Nedeljko Čabrinović. After him are Kurt Zeitzler, Wilhelm Kempff, Kiril, Prince of Preslav, Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, and Lewis Milestone. Among people deceased in 1970, Lázaro Cárdenas ranks 43. Before him are Andrey Yeryomenko, Francis Peyton Rous, John Dos Passos, Bourvil, Arthur Adamov, and Fritz Perls. After him are Nina Ricci, Isdal Woman, Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, Pedro Cea, E. M. Forster, and Eva Hesse.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Lázaro Cárdenas ranks 25 out of 729. Before him are Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), Francisco I. Madero (1873), La Malinche (1502), and Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603). After him are Vicente Fox (1942), Moctezuma I (1398), David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896), Linda Christian (1923), Hugo Sánchez (1958), and Cantinflas (1911).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Lázaro Cárdenas ranks 12. Before him are Claudia Sheinbaum (1962), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), Francisco I. Madero (1873), La Malinche (1502), and Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603). After him are Vicente Fox (1942), Moctezuma I (1398), Cuitláhuac (1476), Álvaro Obregón (1880), Venustiano Carranza (1859), and Plutarco Elías Calles (1877).

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