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He was born on May 21, 1895 in Jiquilpan, in the state of Michoacán, México. -
In 1920 he was made general, the highest rank in the army, and continued until 1929. -
In 1928, he was elected governor of Michoacán, his native state, at the age of 33. -
In 1934 he won the presidential elections and became President of the Republic in the period from December 1st, 1934 to November 30th, 1940. -
In 1934, he created the Agrarian Reform, he distributed almost double the land to the peasants. -
On January1st, 1936, he founded the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) in Mexico City. -
In 1936, he organized most of the dispersed labor groups in the country, into the Confederación de Trabajadores de México (CTM). -
In 1937, his goverment expropriated the main railway companies in the country. -
On March 18th, 1938, President Cárdenas signed a decree for the nationalization of the country's oil industry. -
On August 28, 1938, he organized all the peasants into a new National Peasant Confederation (CNC). -
On February 3, 1939, he founded the National Institute of Anthropology and History. -
He died in Mexico City on October 19th, 1970.