Antonio Irineo Villarreal González (July 16, 1877 in Lampazos,

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– December 16, 1944 in

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) was a Mexican politician and soldier. From 1903, Villarreal turned against the dictatorship of

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. He published a number of liberal magazines and was subsequently imprisoned. After his release he fled to the United States where he joined, the anarchist Mexican Liberal Party (PLM) of

Ricardo Flores Magón Cipriano Ricardo Flores Magón (, known as Ricardo Flores Magón; September 16, 1874 – November 21, 1922) was a noted Mexican anarchist and social reform activist. His brothers Enrique and Jesús were also active in politics. Followers of ...

. At the outbreak of the

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in 1910, he joined the Progressive Constitutionalist Party (PCP) of

Francisco Madero Francisco Ignacio Madero González (; 30 October 1873 – 22 February 1913) was a Mexican businessman, revolutionary, writer and statesman, who became the 37th president of Mexico from 1911 until he was deposed in a coup d'etat in February 1 ...

, and after Madero's victory in 1911 he was appointed consul in

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. After the coup attempt and assassination of Madero by

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in 1913 he returned to Mexico. He joined the constitutionalist army of Pablo González Garza and

Venustiano Carranza José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza (; 29 December 1859 – 21 May 1920) was a Mexican wealthy land owner and politician who was Governor of Coahuila when the constitutionally elected president Francisco I. Madero was overthrown in a February ...

. He took part in the

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, and remained as one of the few neutrals there when Villa and Carranza together walked out. On 31 October 1914, he was elected president of the convention, but soon handed over that function to

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. Villarreal was then made governor of

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, where he had a number of progressive reforms. A year later he was ousted by the forces of Carranza and he was forced to flee the country. After the death of Carranza in 1920 he returned, and became minister of agriculture under Álvaro Obregón. In 1922 he stood for election as senator, but his victory was withheld. A year later he joined the ''De la Huertaopstand'', but that organisation was suppressed, and he was forced to leave the country again. In 1929 he supported National Anti-Reelectionist Party and the presidential campaign of José Vasconcelos. In the disputed result of the election, he again fled the country again. In 1934, he was presidential candidate for the Confederation of Independent Revolutionary Party, but got only 1.08% of the vote. After that, he retired from politics. He died in 1944. His two sisters

Teresa Villarreal Teresa Villarreal González in Lampazos de Naranjo, (born 1883 Nuevo León Mexico – died, date unknown San Antonio, Texas), was an active revolutionary labor and feminist organizer, who supported the Partido Liberal Mexicano (PLM) during the ...

and

Andrea Villarreal Andrea Villarreal (1881–1963) was a Mexican revolutionary, journalist and feminist. She was most known for her work with the ''Regeneración'' newspaper and '' La Mujer Moderna''. Biography Andrea was born in January 1881 in Lampazos, Nuevo Le ...

both had careers as political agitators for the Mexican revolution from a base in exile in the United States.

References

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Editorial Pátria, 1906. * Vicente Rivas Palacio (coord.), Julio Zárate, ''México a través de los siglos: Vol. III : La guerra de independencia (1808–1821).'' México DF: Cumbre, 1880 (réimpr. 1970) * Vicente Rivas Palacio (coord.), Juan de Dios Arias, Enrique de Olavarría y Ferrari, ''México a través de los siglos, vol. IV : México independiente (1821–1855)''

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México DF: Cumbre, 1970. * John W. Sherman, "Revolution on Trial: The 1909 Tombstone Proceedings Against Ricardo Flores Magón, Antonio Villarreal, and Librado Rivera," ''Journal of Arizona History'' vol. 32, no. 2 (Summer 1991), pp. 173-194
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* Various Authors, ''Rulers of Nuevo León: History (1579 - 1989).'' Mexico, DF: JR Fortson and CIA., Inc. Publishers, 1990. {{DEFAULTSORT:Villarreal, Antonio Irineo 1877 births 1944 deaths People of the Mexican Revolution Mexican anarchists Porfiriato