Francisco Luis Urquizo
Francisco L. Urquizo | |
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General Francisco L. Urquizo Benavides | |
| Secretary of National Defense | |
| In office 1 September 1945 – 30 November 1946 | |
| President | Manuel Ávila Camacho |
| Preceded by | Lázaro Cárdenas |
| Succeeded by | Gilberto R. Limón |
| Secretary of War and Navy | |
| In office 17 September 1919 – 20 May 1920 | |
| President | Venustiano Carranza |
| Preceded by | Juan José Ríos |
| Succeeded by | Plutarco Elías Calles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 21, 1891 San Pedro de las Colonias, Coahuila |
| Died | April 6, 1969 (aged 77) Mexico City |
| Awards | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Mexico (antireeleccionista revolutionary forces) |
| Branch/service | Liberation Army of the South 1911, Federal Army 1912-1913, Constitutional Army 1913-1920, Mexican Army 1920, 1934-1969 |
| Years of service | 1911-1920, 1934-1969 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Secretariat of National Defence |
| Battles/wars | Mexican Revolution:
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Francisco Luis Urquizo Benavides (21 June 1891 in San Pedro de las Colonias, Coahuila – 6 April 1969 in Mexico City) was a Mexican soldier, writer and historian who fought in the Mexican Revolution, rose to the rank of major general, and served as Secretary of National Defense from September 1945 to November 1946. He was also one of the most significant authors in the genre of historical fiction known as the "novela revolucionaria," a term used to describe works set during the Mexican Revolution. Tropa vieja, which is considered his major narrative work, earned him the sobriquet "novelist of the soldier."
His son, Juan Manuel Urquizo Pérez de Tejada, has described Urquizo as "at once a key protagonist of and witness of the Revolution, who left an invaluable testimony in writing, rising to the category of chronicler of the act of revolution."