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Born September 25, 1877 • Guaymas • Mexico
Died October 19, 1945 (aged 68) • Mexico City • Mexico
Title / Office president (1924-1928), Mexico
Founder Institutional Revolutionary Party
Political Affiliation Institutional Revolutionary Party
Role In Mexican Revolution

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