Benito Juarez (1806-1872) was a Mexican lawyer and statesman of Zapotec Indigenous descent who served as President of Mexico for much of the period from 1858 to his death in 1872. He rose from a poor rural background to become a leading figure of Mexican liberalism, championing reforms that curtailed the power of the Catholic Church and the military and promoted a secular constitutional state. During the 1860s he led the resistance to the French intervention in Mexico and the imposed rule of Emperor Maximilian, and after Maximilian's defeat and execution in 1867 continued to preside over the restored republic. He is remembered as a central figure of Mexican nation-building and a symbol of resistance to foreign intervention.
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Role26th president of Mexico; Mexican politician, military officer and lawyer 1 Role
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Why did Benito Juárez order the execution of Emperor Maximilian?
The Encyclopedia of World Biography says Juárez, a strict legalist, upheld the court-martial and saw the execution as a warning to other foreign conquerors.
Encyclopedia.com's reprint of the Encyclopedia of World Biography says that Liberal forces captured Maximilian and his main Mexican adherents in Querétaro, and that in June 1867 Juárez ordered the emperor's execution despite worldwide pleas for clemency. It describes Juárez as a strict legalist who would not countermand the court-martial, and says he saw the execution as a firm warning to other foreign conquerors.
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21 March 1806-18 July 1872
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21 March 1806-18 July 1872
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21 March 1806-18 July 1872
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21 March 1806-18 July 1872
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was a Mexican politician, military officer, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in 1872.
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Born in Oaxaca to a poor rural Indigenous family and orphaned as a child, Juárez passed into the care of his uncle, eventually moving to Oaxaca City at the age of 12, where he found work as a domestic servant.
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Benito Pablo Juárez García
Benito Juarez: Gender
Benito Juarez (1806-1872) was a Mexican lawyer and statesman of Zapotec Indigenous descent who served as President of Mexico for much of the period from 1858 to his death in 1872.
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Infobox: born 1806-3-21; died 1872-7-18
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Participant In: Mexican Reform War, Infobox: commander1Quote, Participant In: Mexican Reform War, Infobox: commander1
Benito Juárez Santos Degollado Ignacio Zaragoza Santiago Vidaurri Jesús González Ortega Emilio Langberg
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