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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, 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 he 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Álvaro Obregón has received more than 1,075,801 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Álvaro Obregón is the 3,788th most popular politician (up from 4,012th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 41st in 2019) and the 13th 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 3,788 out of 19,576. Before him are Rama II of Siam, Veljko Kadijević, Helenus, Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, Anastasia of Kiev, and Ayşe Sultan. After him are Louis, Prince Napoléon, Sin-Muballit, Kantarō Suzuki, Robert Peel, John, Elector of Saxony, and Juan Almeida Bosque.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Álvaro Obregón ranks 34. Before him are Kuniaki Koiso, Vojtech Tuka, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Michel Fokine, Giuseppe Moscati, and Mohammed Alim Khan. After him are Andrei Bely, Lionel Logue, Mack Sennett, Akiba Rubinstein, Sarah Knauss, and María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias. Among people deceased in 1928, Álvaro Obregón ranks 26. Before him are Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach, Luigi Cadorna, H. H. Asquith, Reinhard Scheer, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. After him are Loie Fuller, Li Yuanhong, Armando Diaz, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Alexander Bogdanov, and Lala Lajpat Rai.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Álvaro Obregón ranks 30 out of 729. Before him are David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896), Hugo Sánchez (1958), Vicente Fox (1942), Lázaro Cárdenas (1895), Cantinflas (1911), and Guillermo del Toro (1964). After him are Alejandro González Iñárritu (1963), Thomas Mayne Reid (1818), Luis Barragán (1902), Plutarco Elías Calles (1877), Venustiano Carranza (1859), and Julia Pastrana (1834).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Álvaro Obregón ranks 13. Before him are Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), La Malinche (1502), Moctezuma I (1398), Francisco I. Madero (1873), Vicente Fox (1942), and Lázaro Cárdenas (1895). After him are Plutarco Elías Calles (1877), Venustiano Carranza (1859), Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603), Victoriano Huerta (1850), Cuitláhuac (1476), and Vicente Guerrero (1782).

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