Manuel Ávila Camacho

Manuel Ávila Camacho
Official Potrait, 1940
52nd President of Mexico
In office
1 December 1940 (1940-12-01) – 30 November 1946 (1946-11-30)
Preceded byLázaro Cárdenas
Succeeded byMiguel Alemán Valdés
Secretary of National Defense of Mexico
In office
18 October 1936 – 31 January 1939
PresidentLázaro Cárdenas
Preceded byAndrés Figueroa
Succeeded byJesús Agustín Castro
Personal details
Born(1897-04-24)24 April 1897
Teziutlán, Puebla, Mexico
Died13 October 1955(1955-10-13) (aged 58)
Huixquilucan, State of Mexico, Mexico
Resting placePanteón Francés
Political partyInstitutional Revolutionary
Spouse(s)Soledad Orozco
Military service
AllegianceMexico
Branch/serviceMexican Army
Years of service1914–1933
RankBrigadier general

Manuel Ávila Camacho (es; 24 April 1897 – 13 October 1955) was a Mexican politician and military leader. He was the President of Mexico from 1940 to 1946.

He served with General Lázaro Cárdenas as his Chief of his General Staff during the Mexican Revolution.[1] He was known as "The Gentleman President" ("El Presidente Caballero").[2] As president, he pursued "national policies of unity, adjustment, and moderation."[3]

During his presidency, he helped fix relations between Mexico and the United States during World War II.[4]

Ávila Camacho died at his farm in Huixquilucan, Mexico from heart disease on 13 October 1955, aged 58.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Krauze, Enrique. Mexico: Biography of Power. New York: Harper Collins 1997, p. 494.
  2. ↑ Krauze, Mexico: Biography of Power, chapter title, 491.
  3. ↑ Howard F. Cline Mexico: Revolution to Evolution: 1940-1960. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1963, p. 153.
  4. ↑ Roderic Ai Camp, "Manuel Avila Camacho" in Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, vol. 1, p. 244. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1996.
  5. ↑ Orozco Linares 1996, p. 257