Manuel Ávila Camacho

Manuel Ávila Camacho (; 24 April 1897 – 13 October 1955) was a Mexican politician and military leader. He was the President of Mexico from 1940 to 1946. 

He served with General Lázaro Cárdenas as his Chief of his General Staff during the Mexican Revolution.Krauze, Enrique. Mexico: Biography of Power. New York: Harper Collins 1997, p. 494. He was known as "The Gentleman President" ("El Presidente Caballero").Krauze, Mexico: Biography of Power, chapter title, 491. As president, he pursued "national policies of unity, adjustment, and moderation."Howard F. Cline Mexico: Revolution to Evolution: 1940-1960. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1963, p. 153.

During his presidency, he helped fix relations between Mexico and the United States during World War II.Roderic Ai Camp, "Manuel Avila Camacho" in Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, vol. 1, p. 244. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1996.

Ávila Camacho died at his farm in Huixquilucan, Mexico from heart disease on 13 October 1955, aged 58.

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