Manuel Ávila Camacho
52th President of Mexico · Mexico · Politicians · Lived 1897 to 1955 · aged 58
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WW2-era propaganda poster: "We defend Liberty and fight for a better world," with portraits of Mexican historical leaders: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Benito Juárez, Francisco I. Madero and Ávila Camacho.
President Manuel Ávila Camacho and the former presidents of Mexico, from left to right: Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Abelardo L. Rodríguez, Plutarco Elías Calles, Lázaro Cárdenas, Emilio Portes Gil, and Adolfo de la Huerta on 15 September 1942.
Manuel Ávila Camacho, in Monterrey, having dinner with US President Franklin Roosevelt.
The first braceros arriving in Los Angeles, California by train in 1942. Photograph by Dorothea Lange.
Mexico provided military support for the Allies in World War II, with air Squadron 201
Ávila Camacho in the 1950sAwards
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About this person
Manuel Ávila Camacho was a Mexican politician and military leader who served as the president of Mexico from 1940 to 1946. Having participated in the Mexican Revolution and achieving a high rank, he came to the presidency of Mexico because of his direct connection to General Lázaro Cárdenas and served him as the Chief of his General Staff during the Mexican Revolution and afterwards. He was called affectionately by Mexicans "The Gentleman President". As president, he pursued "national policies of unity, adjustment, and moderation." His administration completed the transition from military to civilian leadership, ended confrontational anticlericalism, reversed the push for socialist education, and restored a working relationship with the US during World War II.
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