Alwaro Obregon President of Mexico 1920-24, participant in the Mexican Revolution 1910-17. In 1928 he was re-elected president. Killed before taking office. [63; 12] Date of Birth: 17.02.1880 Country: Mexico

Biography of Alvaro Obregon

Alvaro Obregon Salido was a Mexican military and political figure, as well as a participant in the Mexican Revolution. He served as the President of Mexico from December 1, 1920, to November 30, 1924. Born on February 19, 1880, in Siquisiva, Navojoa, Sonora, he came from an Irish-Mexican family (the surname Obregon being a Hispanized version of the Irish surname O'Brien).

Obregon began his political career in 1911 when he was elected as the mayor of the city of Uatampamp. He supported the policies of President Madero and became one of the leaders of the revolution alongside Venustiano Carranza. After the overthrow of President Madero and the rise of Victoriano Huerta to power, Obregon, along with Carranza, led the revolutionaries. When Huerta and his successor, Francisco Carvajal, fled the country in 1914, and Mexico City was occupied by the forces of the revolution, Obregon declared Carranza as the interim President of Mexico and led the army of the new government.

Obregon's army engaged in four battles against the forces of Francisco Villa, which together became known as the Battle of Celaya. These battles, which took place in April, May, and July 1915, were the largest military confrontations in Latin American history until the Falklands War. Despite suffering a significant defeat, Villa and Emiliano Zapata continued to resist for several more years.

On April 8, 1920, Obregon organized a coup, resulting in the arrest of President Carranza, who managed to escape from Mexico City but was later captured and killed by Obregon's supporters. From June 1 to December 1, Adolfo de la Huerta served as the interim President of Mexico, after which elections were held, and Obregon emerged as the victor. During his presidency, Obregon implemented agrarian and anticlerical reforms and maintained positive relations with the United States by selling Mexican oil on the American market.

In 1928, Obregon participated in the presidential elections again and won. However, shortly after his arrival in Mexico City and before assuming office, he was assassinated at the José de León restaurant by a Catholic student named José de León Toral, who opposed Obregon's anticlerical policies.

As a tribute to Alvaro Obregon, the city of Ciudad Obregon in the state of Sonora, one of the districts of Mexico City (where he was assassinated), the municipality of Canadas de Obregon in the state of Jalisco, and the small village of Colonia Alvaro Obregon in the state of Chihuahua have been named after him.