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NAME: Álvaro Obregón
OCCUPATION: Military Leader, World Leader
BIRTH DATE: February 19, 1880
DEATH DATE: July 17, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH: Alamos, Mexico
PLACE OF DEATH: Mexico City, Mexico

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Álvaro Obregón was a statesman, soldier and reformer who, as president, restored order to Mexico after a decade of political upheavals and civil war.

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Álvaro Obregón was born February 19, 1880, in Alamos, Mexico. After serving for a short time in Carranza's cabinet (1917), he was politically inactive for two years. In 1920, however, Obregón took a leading role in the uprising that quickly overthrew President Carranza. Obregón was elected as Mexico's new president and managed to impose peace and prosperity in the wake of a savage civil war.

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