Background
Avila Camacho was skilled in negotiation and was a moderate social reformer. He served as minister of national defense (1937-1939) and was then elected to the presidency to succeed the more radical Lázaro Cárdenas
Avila Camacho resolved Mexico's former troubles with foreign investors, and he negotiated settlements of most of the difficulties that had estranged the United States and Mexico. During World War II he cooperated closely with the United States and its allies. ÁvilaAvila Camacho was succeeded in the presidency in 1946 by Miguel AlemánAleman and then retired to private life.