Benito Juarez

Benito Juárez (Spanish: [beˈnito ˈxwaɾes]; 1806–1872)born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872. Benito Juárez was the first Mexican leader who did not have a military background, and also the first full-blooded indigenous national ever to serve as President of Mexico and to lead a country in the Western Hemisphere.He resisted the French occupation, overthrew the Empire, restored the Republic, and used liberal efforts to modernize the country.