Manuel �vila Camacho

Manuel Ávila Camacho (24 April 1897 ? 13 October 1955) served as the President of Mexico from 1940 to 1946.

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Manuel Ávila was born in the city of Teziutlán, a small town in Puebla, to middle-class parents, Manuel Ávila Castillo and Eufrosina Camacho Bello. He had several siblings, among them sister María Jovita Ávila Camacho and several brothers. Two of his brothers, Maximino Ávila and Rafael Ávila Camacho both served as governors of Puebla. Ávila did not receive a university degree, although he studied at the National Preparatory School. He joined the army in 1914 as a 2nd lieutenant and reached the status of Colonel by 1920 and, in the same year, served as the Chief of Staff of the state of Michoacán under Lázaro Cárdenas, and became his close friend. In 1929, he fought under general Cárdenas against the Escobar Rebellion and, that same year, achieved the rank of Brigade General. He was married to Soledad Orozco García, who was born in Zapopan, Jalisco. Soledad Orozco was one of the Orozcos of the State of Jalisco. She was born in 1904 and died in 1996.

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After his military service, Ávila entered the public arena in 1933?1934 as the Official Mayor of the Secretariat of National Defense, and became Secretary of National Defense in 1937. Two years later, he was elected president of Mexico, after being appointed to represent his party. Ávila won a controversial presidential election over right wing candidate Juan Andreu. The day of the election was marked by violence, and the electoral process was likely tainted with electoral fraud.

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Teziutlán: Teziutl?n is a small city in the northeast of the Mexican state of Puebla. Its reported population in 1990 was 43,867. It also serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name....

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