Ruler · 1895 – 1970

Lázaro Cárdenas

Lived 1895 – 1970; politician, military personnel. President of Mexico (Mexico), 1934 – 1940.

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Lived: 1895 – 1970; 75 years
In office: 6 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Mexico
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Mexico

Mexico · the 58th of 73 dated reigns · 1824 – 2024

54 before

Emilio Portes Gil1928 – 1930

Pascual Ortiz Rubio1930 – 1932

Abelardo L. Rodríguez1932 – 1934

Lázaro Cárdenas1934 – 1940

Manuel Ávila Camacho1940 – 1946

Miguel Alemán Valdés1946 – 1952

Adolfo Ruiz Cortines1952 – 1958

12 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 1934 – 1940 · 6 years · came to it aged 39

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1940; they died in 1970

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