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Álvaro Obregón

1880 - 1928

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Álvaro Obregón Salido (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾo oβɾeˈɣon]; 19 February 1880 – 17 July 1928) was a Mexican general, inventor and politician who served as the 46th President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924. Obregón was re-elected to the presidency in 1928 but was assassinated before he could take office. Born in Navojoa, Sonora, Obregón joined the Revolution after the February 1913 coup d'état that brought General Victoriano Huerta to the presidency. Obregón supported Sonora's decision to follow Governor Venustiano Carranza as leader of the northern revolutionary coalition, the Constitutionalist Army, against the Huerta regime. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Álvaro Obregón is the 4,005th most popular politician (down from 3,788th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 30th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Mexican Politician.

Alvaro Obregón was a Mexican general who served as president from 1920 to 1924. He is most famous for defeating the Yaqui Indians and the Huerta regime.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Álvaro Obregón ranks 4,005 out of 19,576. Before him are Uriah the Hittite, Ambiorix, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Nicolae Timofti, and Lazar Branković. After him are H. H. Asquith, Mehmet Shehu, Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Emperor Qinzong, Prince George of Greece and Denmark, and Hipólito Yrigoyen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Álvaro Obregón ranks 38. Before him are Alexander Blok, Vojtech Tuka, Ernest Bloch, Kuniaki Koiso, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, and Elizabeth Christ Trump. After him are Sarah Knauss, Giuseppe Moscati, Andrei Bely, Akiba Rubinstein, Lionel Logue, and Otto Meissner. Among people deceased in 1928, Álvaro Obregón ranks 21. Before him are Alexander Bogdanov, Luigi Cadorna, Stjepan Radić, Italo Svevo, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, and Zhang Zuolin. After him are H. H. Asquith, Reinhard Scheer, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Li Yuanhong, Giovanni Giolitti, and Loie Fuller.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Álvaro Obregón ranks 34 out of 729. Before him are David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896), Linda Christian (1923), Hugo Sánchez (1958), Cantinflas (1911), Cuitláhuac (1476), and Alfonso García Robles (1911). After him are Mario J. Molina (1943), Venustiano Carranza (1859), Juan Diego (1474), Luis Barragán (1902), Plutarco Elías Calles (1877), and Juan Rulfo (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Álvaro Obregón ranks 16. Before him are La Malinche (1502), Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603), Lázaro Cárdenas (1895), Vicente Fox (1942), Moctezuma I (1398), and Cuitláhuac (1476). After him are Venustiano Carranza (1859), Plutarco Elías Calles (1877), Victoriano Huerta (1850), Pedro Lascuráin (1856), Guadalupe Victoria (1786), and Vicente Guerrero (1782).

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