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  • Biography of Benito Juárez

    Biography of Benito Juárez

    1806
    He was born on March 21 in San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca. Son of Zapotec Indian parents, legitimate son of Marcelino Juárez and Brígida García.
  • Formal education.

    Formal education.

    1819 JANUARY 7
    • Juárez worked in the house of the bookbinder Antonio Salanueva. Thanks to him, Juárez began his formal education.
  • Graduate as a lawyer

    Graduate as a lawyer

    1831 He finished his studies to graduate as a lawyer and collaborated in the law firm of Mr. Tiburcio Cañas. That same year he was elected councilor of the Oaxaca City Council.
  • Married

    Married

    1843 July He married Margarita Maza.
  • Rector of the Institute of Sciences and Arts

    Rector of the Institute of Sciences and Arts

    1852 He is appointed rector of the Institute of Sciences and Arts; and in turn, teached the chair of civil law.
  • president of the United Mexican States

    president of the United Mexican States

    January 21, 1858 to 1872 he was elected president of the United Mexican States
  • Reform Laws

    Reform Laws

    1859 July President Juárez proclaimed the Reform Laws in Veracruz.
  • Triumph

    Triumph

    1867 July 15 After the triumph of the Republic over the Intervention and the Second Empire, Juárez, accompanied by his ministers Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, José María Iglesias and Ignacio Mejía, made his solemn entrance to the capital of the Republic.
  • Died

    Died

    1872 July 18 President Benito Juárez died in Mexico City.
  • Worthy of the homeland

    Worthy of the homeland

    • 1873 April 18 The Congress of the Union, at the initiative of President Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, declared Juárez Worthy of the homeland de la Patria in a heroic degree.