Venustiano Carranza
President of Mexico (1914 - 1920)
José Venustiano Carranza Garza (Spaingie pronunciation: [benusˈtjano kaˈransa]; 29 Dizember 1859 – 21 May 1920) wis ane o the leaders o the Mexican Revolution. He ultimately became Preses o Mexico follaein the owerthrow o the dictatorial Victoriano Huerta regime in the simmer o 1914, an durin his administration the current constitution o Mexico wis draftit. He wis assassinatit near the end o his term o office at the behest o a cabal o airmy generals resentful at his insistence that his successor be a ceevilian.
Venustiano Carranza | |
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37t Preses o Mexico | |
In office 1 Mey 1917 – 21 Mey 1920 | |
Precedit bi | Francisco S. Carvajal |
Succeedit bi | Adolfo de la Huerta |
Head of the Executive Power First Chief of the Constitutionalist Army | |
In office 14 August 1914 – 30 Apryle 1917 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 December 1859 Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila |
Dee'd | 21 Mey 1920 Tlaxcalantongo, Puebla | (aged 60)
Naitionality | Mexican |
Poleetical pairty | Democratic Pairty o Mexico & Constitutionalist Leeberal Pairty |
Spoose(s) | Virginia Salinas |
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