Ruler · 1880 – 1928

Álvaro Obregón

Lived 1880 – 1928; politician, military personnel. President of Mexico (Mexico), 1920 – 1924.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1880 – 1928; 48 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Mexico
Left it: killed; the ruler's own article

President of Mexico

Mexico · the 53rd of 73 dated reigns · 1824 – 2024

49 before

Eulalio Gutiérrez1914 – 1915

Venustiano Carranza1917 – 1920

Adolfo de la Huerta1920

Álvaro Obregón1920 – 1924

Plutarco Elías Calles1924 – 1928

Emilio Portes Gil1928 – 1930

Pascual Ortiz Rubio1930 – 1932

17 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1920 – 1924 · 4 years · came to it aged 40

Came to it: elected
Left it: killedread from the ruler's own article

the article also: resigned

Obregón was elected to the presidency in 1920 with overwhelming popular support.

Before beginning his second term however, he was assassinated by José de León Toral during the Cristero War.

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