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PRESIDENTS

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  • ALVARO OBREGÓN

    ALVARO OBREGÓN
    He participated on the Mexican Revolution (1909). Supported Carranza in the fight against Huerta (1913). In the battle of Celaya he lost the right arm (1917).

  • PRESIDENCY 1920-1924

    -During his presidency he created the Department of labor.
    -He reconstituted the SEP.
    -Enforced the constitutional land redistribution provisions.
    -He tried to resume normal Mexico-USA relations.

  • obstacles 1920-1924

    -Society did not agree with the articles in the Constitution that referred to the Church.
    -There were non-CROM strikes

  • PLUTARCO ELIAS CALLES

    PLUTARCO ELIAS CALLES
    -He became governor of Sonora in 1915
    -Served as Secretary of Industry, Commerce, and Labor in the government of Carranza.

  • PRESIDENCY 1924-1928

    -During his presidency the foreign debt was relief.
    -He established the National Road Commission.
    -He sought to professionalize the army and decrease its share of the national budge.

  • obstacles 1924-1928

    -Church-State conflict increased

  • LAZARO CARDENAS

    LAZARO CARDENAS
    -Participated in the Mexican Revolution
    -Served as provisional governor of Michoacán

  • PRESIDENCY 1934-1940

    -Stablished the six-year plan
    -Finished the land redistribution
    -Oil expropriation
    -Educational reforms
    -Impulsed the Women Suffrage

  • MANUEL ÁVILA CAMACHO

    MANUEL ÁVILA CAMACHO
    -He was a militar
    -Served as Secretary of National Defense in 1937

  • PRESIDENCY 1940-1946

    -Impulsed the Bracero program
    -Helped during the WWII
    -Industry grew 10%
    -Created IMSS

  • obstacles 1940-1946

    -Corruption started

  • MIGUEL ALEMÁN VALDES

    MIGUEL ALEMÁN VALDES
    -Served as the President of the Unifying Committee for Plutarco Elías Calles
    -Served as a Senator in Veracruz
    -From 1940 to 1945, he served as Secretary of the Interior

  • PRESIDENCY 1946-1952

    -Infrastructure grew thanks to the industries
    -Generation of income thanks to Tourism
    -Ciudad Universitaria and IPN buildings construction

  • obstacles 1946-1952

    -Corruption was potentialize because he included in his cabinet.

  • ADOLFO RUÍZ CORTINES

    ADOLFO RUÍZ CORTINES
    -Managed the presidential campaign of Manuel Ávila Camacho
    -Served as Minister of the Interior
    -In 1944 he became governor from Veracruz

  • PRESIDENCY 1952 - 1958

    -During his presidency he had strong austerity measures.
    -He established "Desarrollo Estabilizador".
    -Women were allowed to vote.
    -During his government there was social welfare.

  • obstacles 1952-1958

    -There were signs of discontent (strikes).
    -He wasn't a public person, so the international relations didn't have much boom.

  • ADOLFO LÓPEZ MATEOS

    ADOLFO LÓPEZ MATEOS
    -Became a Senator in 1946.
    -Served as Secretary of Labor in Ruiz Cortines' gabinete.

  • PRESIDENCY 1958 - 1964

    -He was the last president who was highly cheered up.
    -He did neutral decisions in commercial relations.
    -Mexico grew economically speaking.
    -"Desarrollo estabilizador" continued.
    Nationalized CFE.

  • obstacles 1958-1964

    -Signs of discomfort
    -Navismo
    -People couldn't express

  • GUSTAVO DÍAZ ORDAZ

    GUSTAVO DÍAZ ORDAZ
    -Served in the Chamber of Deputies.
    -He was Minister of the Interior during López Mateos presidency.

  • PRESIDENCY 1964-1970

    -During his presidency Mexico hosted the Olympic Games.
    -Infrastructure was created.
    -The subway started to be created.
    -Federal labor law was stablished.

  • obstacles 1964-1970

    -Student strikes
    -Tlatelolco's massacre
    -Dirty War started