Venustiano Carranza

Venustiano Carranza

José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza (Spanish pronunciation: [benusˈtjano kaˈransa ðe la ˈɣaɾsa]; 29 December 1859 – 21 May 1920) was a Mexican land owner and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1917 until his assassination in 1920, during the Mexican Revolution. He was previously Mexico's de facto head of state as Primer Jefe (Spanish: "First Chief") of the Constitutionalist faction from 1914 to 1917, and previously served as a senator and governor for Coahuila. He played the leading role in drafting the Constitution of 1917 and maintained Mexican neutrality in World War I. Born in Coahuila to a prominent landowning family, he served as a senator for his state during the Porfiriato, appointed by President and de facto dictator Porfirio Díaz. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Venustiano Carranza has received more than 1,112,234 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Venustiano Carranza is the 3,990th most popular politician (down from 3,560th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 36th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Mexican Politician.

Venustiano Carranza was the president of Mexico from 1917 to 1920. He is most famous for being the president of Mexico when the Mexican Revolution took place.