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Victoriano Huerta

1850 - 1916

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José Victoriano Huerta Márquez (Spanish pronunciation: [biɣtoˈɾjano ˈweɾta]; 23 December 1850 – 13 January 1916) was a general in the Mexican Federal Army and 39th President of Mexico, who came to power by coup against the democratically elected government of Francisco I. Madero with the aid of other Mexican generals and the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. His violent seizure of power set off a new wave of armed conflict in the Mexican Revolution. After a military career under President Porfirio Díaz and Interim President Francisco León de la Barra, Huerta became a high-ranking officer during the presidency of Madero during the first phase of the Mexican Revolution (1911–13). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victoriano Huerta has received more than 1,075,014 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Victoriano Huerta is the 4,222nd most popular politician (down from 4,013th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Mexico (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Mexican Politician.

Victoriano Huerta is most famous for being the president of Mexico from 1913 to 1914. He was a general in the Mexican army and led a coup against president Francisco Madero.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Victoriano Huerta ranks 4,222 out of 19,576. Before him are Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Vasili Kuznetsov, Tarpeia, Bohemond II of Antioch, Ko Yong-hui, and László Rajk. After him are Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, John Foster Dulles, Kunigunde of Austria, Gülçiçek Hatun, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, and Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Victoriano Huerta ranks 25. Before him are Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Besarion Jughashvili, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, César Ritz, and Sami Frashëri. After him are Mikhail Chigorin, William Morris Davis, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia, Ivan Vazov, Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud, and Pat Garrett. Among people deceased in 1916, Victoriano Huerta ranks 38. Before him are Torakusu Yamaha, Rubén Darío, Percival Lowell, Gérard Encausse, Jean Webster, and Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener. After him are Hiram Maxim, Hugo Münsterberg, Pierre Duhem, Julius Fučík, Vasily Surikov, and Cleveland Abbe.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Victoriano Huerta ranks 43 out of 729. Before him are Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603), Mario J. Molina (1943), Pedro Armendáriz (1912), María Félix (1914), Juan Diego (1474), and Linda Christian (1923). After him are Juan Rulfo (1917), José Clemente Orozco (1883), Consuelo Velázquez (1916), Cuitláhuac (1476), Alfonso Cuarón (1961), and Chespirito (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Victoriano Huerta ranks 17. Before him are Vicente Fox (1942), Lázaro Cárdenas (1895), Álvaro Obregón (1880), Plutarco Elías Calles (1877), Venustiano Carranza (1859), and Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603). After him are Cuitláhuac (1476), Vicente Guerrero (1782), Ahuitzotl (1486), Guadalupe Victoria (1786), José María Morelos (1765), and Acamapichtli (1325).

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