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Álvaro Obregón

1880 - 1928

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Álvaro Obregón Salido (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾo oβɾeˈɣon]; 17 February 1880 – 17 July 1928) was a Mexican military general 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. A widower with small children and a successful farmer, he did not join the Revolution until after the February 1913 coup d'état against Francisco I. Madero that brought General Victoriano Huerta to the presidency. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Álvaro Obregón has received more than 995,627 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Álvaro Obregón is the 4,022nd most popular politician (down from 3,589th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Mexico (down from 40th in 2019) and the 19th 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 4,022 out of 15,577Before him are Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut, John III of Navarre, Friedrich Adler, Merenre Nemtyemsaf I, Staurakios, and Kim Tu-bong. After him are Victoriano Huerta, Clovis III, Pausanias of Orestis, Prem Tinsulanonda, Lothar de Maizière, and Margot Honecker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Álvaro Obregón ranks 37Before him are Mohammed Alim Khan, Giuseppe Moscati, Paul Ehrenfest, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Andrei Bely, and Vojtech Tuka. After him are Akiba Rubinstein, Mack Sennett, María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, Alfred Einstein, Ernest Bloch, and Gideon Sundback. Among people deceased in 1928, Álvaro Obregón ranks 25Before him are Stjepan Radić, Reinhard Scheer, Loie Fuller, Giovanni Giolitti, Li Yuanhong, and Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. After him are Armando Diaz, Alexander Bogdanov, H. H. Asquith, Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, Lala Lajpat Rai, and Mauritz Stiller.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Álvaro Obregón ranks 41 out of 585Before him are Cuitláhuac (1476), Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603), Juan Diego (1474), Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1948), Venustiano Carranza (1859), and Consuelo Velázquez (1916). After him are Victoriano Huerta (1850), Linda Christian (1923), Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1956), Thomas Mayne Reid (1818), Hugo Sánchez (1958), and Alfonso Cuarón (1961).

Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Álvaro Obregón ranks 19Before him are Lázaro Cárdenas (1895), Plutarco Elías Calles (1877), Cuitláhuac (1476), Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603), Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1948), and Venustiano Carranza (1859). After him are Victoriano Huerta (1850), Vicente Guerrero (1782), Luis Echeverría (1922), Ahuitzotl (1486), Miguel de la Madrid (1934), and José López Portillo y Pacheco (1920).