Álvaro Obregón

Tags: President.

General Álvaro Obregón Salido (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾo oβɾeˈɣon]; February 19 1880 – July 17 1928) was the President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924. He supported Sonora’s decision to follow Venustiano Carranza as leader of a revolution against the Huerta regime and Carranza appointed Obregón commander of the revolutionary forces in northwestern Mexico and in 1915 appointed him as his minister of war.

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active years end date

1924-11-30

active years start date

1920-12-01

birth date

1880-02-19

birth place

History of Mexico, Navojoa, Sonora

death date

1928-07-17

death place

History of Mexico, Mexico City, San Ángel

LCCN Id

n/81/18830

order in office

35px, President of Mexico, 39th

party

Laborist Party (Mexico)

religion

Spiritualism

successor

Plutarco Elías Calles