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Which Mexican leader posed as a president but acted as a dictator?

A. Maximilian
B. Benito Juarez
C. Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada
D. Porfirio Diaz

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Porfirio Diaz was a president of Mexico for 35 years, 7 presidential terms, and was in fact a dicator, and his rule is known as the Porfiriato in Mexico.

ps. Maximilian was an Austrian-born Emperor of Mexico, and the only Emperor of Mexico, not a president. The other two were presidents.
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