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Álvaro Obregón was a military man
revolutionary and president of México. He was born the 19th of February
of 1880 in Navojoa in the state of Sonora.
During his stay in Sonora he was agriculturist,
professor and municipal president of Sonora in 1911.
When began the Mexican Revolution, Álvaro
Obregón joined to the side of the revolutionary forces of Francisco I.
Madero in the year of 1912.
Álvaro Obregón was the whip of Francisco
Villa - another famous revolutionary- to whom he defeats in the year of 1915 in
the battle of Celaya in the Guanajuato state and where he lost his arm due to a
grenade fragment.
When Francisco I. Madero is assassinated in 1913 ,
Álvaro Obregón joined to the Venustiano Carranza army obtaining
important victories. In the year of 1920 he rebelled against Venustiano
Carranza in the " Plan de Agua Prieta ".
When Venustiano Carranza is defeated and assassinated
in 1920, Álvaro Obregón has opportunity to gain the presidential
elections and he is chosen president of México.
When he assumed the presidency of the republic
December 1st 1920, the country was in a complicated situation: the country
faced one serious economic crisis, the existence of guerrilla, which generated
disorder in the country. In order to fight against this situation
Obregón fights against the guerillas, promotes the education creating
the Secretariat of Public Education, and impelled the agrarian
reform.
Although one of the causes of the revolution was the re-election
in the year of 1927 the Congress of the union does not modify the constitution
to allow the re-election, although not in consecutive periods.
When
finishing his presidential period Álvaro Obregón is reelected the
July 1st 1928, but he does not get to assume the position, since he is
assassinated by Jose of Leon Toral July 17th 1928.
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