Benito Jurez was born in Oaxaca, on March 21, 1806. His parents were Marcelino Jurez and Brgida Garca. When it had three years of age he remained an orphan and since then it was raised by his grandparents.In 1834 started working defending the indigenous. Parallel he was a teacher and occupied important positions in Oaxaca. In 1847, he was elected a deputy and moved to Mexico City where it joined the liberal ones. In 1855 the president Juan N. lvarez it was named by The Secretary of Justice and Instruction. From this post it cut away the privileges of the clergy and the army. In 1858, it turned into President of Mexico and he promulgated the "Law of Nationalization of church property ." It defeated the conservatives in 1860 with the help of The United States. In 1862 the frenchmen invaded Mexico and Benito Jurez led the resistance, managing to defeat the emperor Maximiliano I in 1867. Impeccably honest, Jurez also sought constitutional reforms to create a democratic federal republic.In 1867, Benito Jurez was reelected as President of the Republic. Then it expanded the free and obligatory education all over the country. In 1871, it postulated again to the presidency and turned out to be winning. He died on July 18, 1872.