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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 969,033 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Victoriano Huerta is the 4,023rd most popular politician (down from 3,631st in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Mexico (down from 41st in 2019) and the 20th 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 4,023 out of 15,577Before him are John III of Navarre, Friedrich Adler, Merenre Nemtyemsaf I, Staurakios, Kim Tu-bong, and Álvaro Obregón. After him are Clovis III, Pausanias of Orestis, Prem Tinsulanonda, Lothar de Maizière, Margot Honecker, and Christos Sartzetakis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Victoriano Huerta ranks 21Before him are Oliver Heaviside, Lafcadio Hearn, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Luigi Cadorna, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, and Ignác Goldziher. After him are Lluís Domènech i Montaner, César Ritz, Besarion Jughashvili, Sami Frashëri, William Morris Davis, and Ivan Vazov. Among people deceased in 1916, Victoriano Huerta ranks 36Before him are Gaston Maspero, Rubén Darío, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Percival Lowell, Jean Webster, and Gérard Encausse. After him are Julius Fučík, Pierre Duhem, Vasily Surikov, Antonio Sant'Elia, Joseph Gallieni, and Théodule-Armand Ribot.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Victoriano Huerta ranks 42 out of 585Before him are Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603), Juan Diego (1474), Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1948), Venustiano Carranza (1859), Consuelo Velázquez (1916), and Álvaro Obregón (1880). After him are Linda Christian (1923), Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1956), Thomas Mayne Reid (1818), Hugo Sánchez (1958), Alfonso Cuarón (1961), and Vicente Guerrero (1782).

Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Victoriano Huerta ranks 20Before him are Plutarco Elías Calles (1877), Cuitláhuac (1476), Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603), Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1948), Venustiano Carranza (1859), and Álvaro Obregón (1880). After him are Vicente Guerrero (1782), Luis Echeverría (1922), Ahuitzotl (1486), Miguel de la Madrid (1934), José López Portillo y Pacheco (1920), and Guadalupe Victoria (1786).