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Lzaro Crdenas del Ro May 21, 1895 October 19, 1970 was a general in the Mexican Revolution and a statesman who served as President of Mexico between 1934 and 1940. He is best known for nationalization of the oil industry in 1938 and creation of Pemex, the government oil monopoly.

Lzaro Crdenas del Ro was born on May 21, 1895, one of eight children in a lowermiddleclass mestizo family in the village of Jiquilpan, Michoacn, where his father owned a billiard hall. Due to the death of his father, from ageCrdenas supported his family . By the age ofhe had worked as a tax collector, a printers devil, and a jail keeper. Although he left school at the age of eleven, he used every opportunity to educate himself and read widely throughout his life, especially works of history.

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