Person

Benito Juárez

1806–1872 · 19th century

Benito Juárez was a Zapotec lawyer who served as President of Mexico from 1858 until his death in 1872. A leader of the liberal Reform, he separated church and state and defended the 1857 constitution in the Reform War. He led resistance to the French intervention and the empire of Maximilian, who was executed in 1867.

Benito Juárez
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