130 years ago today, on May 21, 1895 (April 27, 1895), Cardenas, the most outstanding politician in modern Mexican history, was born. Cardenas (1895-1970), President of Mexico (1934-1940). Born on May 21, 1895 in rural Michoacan, died on October 19, 1970. Participated in the Mexican bourgeois-democratic revolution in his early years, and later promoted to general. Governor from 1928 to 1932, and once served as Minister of the Interior. Chairperson of the National Revolutionary Party in 1930. Minister of Defense in 1933. Elected President in 1934, organized a left-wing government, relied on the workers and peasants, and implemented the 1917 Constitution. Vigorously implement land reform, so that more than one million farmers in Indian and Mestizo will share their land, and confiscate some of the land occupied by foreign companies, and organize cooperative farms. The Cárdenas government supported the establishment of the National Farmers' Federation and the Mexican Labor Federation, revised the National Labor Law, agreed that workers have certain rights to participate in the management of enterprises, and restored the legal status of the Communist Party. Nationalization of railways was implemented in 1937. In March 1938, it was announced that all oil companies belonging to foreign capital would be nationalized. In April 1938, the National Revolutionary Party was reorganized into the Mexican Revolutionary Party. Term of office expired on December 1, 1940. Minister of Defense during World War II. In 1955, he was elected Vice President of the World Peace Council.