Benito Juarez

Benito Pablo Juarez Garcia

["President of Mexico", "Benemerito de las Americas", "Champion of La Reforma"]

Born Mar 21, 1806

San Pablo Guelatao (Oaxaca), Viceroyalty of New Spain

Passed Away Jul 18, 1872 National Palace, Mexico City

Lifespan 66 years old

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Notice / Correction

"Among individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace (Entre los individuos, como entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz)."

Archival Overview

First indigenous President of Mexico (1858–1872), full-blooded Zapotec lawyer who enacted 'La Reforma' separating church and state, defeated French imperial invasion under Emperor Maximilian, and defended Mexican democratic sovereignty, hailed as 'Benemérito de las Américas'.

Biographical Record

Benito Juárez (1806–1872) was born in a mountain Zapotec village, speaking no Spanish until age twelve while herding sheep. Graduating with a law degree, he became Governor of Oaxaca and chief architect of the 1857 Constitution, passing the Reform Laws that dismantled feudal military and ecclesiastical privileges.

When Napoleon III invaded Mexico in 1862 and installed Austrian Archduke Maximilian as puppet emperor, Juárez led an itinerant republican government from a simple black carriage, mobilizing national guerrilla resistance. In 1867, republican forces captured and executed Maximilian in Querétaro, restoring the Mexican Republic.

Key Life Milestones

1859

Promulgation of the Reform Laws

Enacted the radical secularization laws separating church and state and establishing civil marriage and education.

1867

Restoration of the Mexican Republic

Defeated the French imperial army, restoring democratic constitutional sovereignty in Mexico City.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

Panteon de San Fernando
Mexico City, Mexico

                         GPS: 19.4389, -99.1489                    

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