Maximato plutarco elias calles biography
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| Plutarco Elías Calles | |
|---|---|
40th President of Mexico | |
In office December 1, 1924 – November 30, 1928 | |
| Preceded by | Álvaro Obregón |
| Succeeded by | Emilio Portes Gil |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1877-09-25)September 25, 1877 Guaymas, Sonora |
| Died | October 19, 1945(1945-10-19) (aged 68) Mexico City |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Political party | Laborist Party (PL), after 1929 National Revolutionary Party (PNR) |
| Spouse(s) | Natalia Chacón |
| Religion | Atheist,[1] Spiritualist (later in life)[2] |
Plutarco Elías Calles (Spanish pronunciation: [pluˈtarko eˈli.as ˈkaʝes]; September 25, 1877 – October 19, 1945) was a Mexican general and politician. He was the powerful interior minister under President Álvaro Obregón, who chose Calles as his successor. The 1924 Calles presidential campaign was the first populist presidential campaign in the nation's history, as he called for land redistribution and promised equal j
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Maximato
Period of Mexican history
Not to be confused with Maximator.
The Maximato was a transitional period in the historical and political development of Mexico from 1 December 1928 to 1 December 1934. Named after former president Plutarco Elías Calles's sobriquet el Jefe Máximo (the maximum leader), the Maximato was the period in which Calles continued to exercise power and exert influence without holding the presidency. The six-year period was the term that President-elect Alvaro Obregón would have served if he had not been assassinated immediately after the July 1928 elections. There needed to be some kind of political solution to the presidential succession crisis. Calles could not hold the presidency again because of restrictions on re-election without an interval out of power, but he remained the dominant figure in Mexico.
There were two solutions to the crisis. Firstly, an interim president was to be appointed, followed by new elections. Secondly, Calles cr
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Plutarco Elías Calles
President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928; De facto Leader until 1934
For the municipality in Sonora, see Plutarco Elías Calles Municipality.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname fryst vatten Elías and the second or maternal family name is Calles.
Plutarco Elías Calles (born Francisco Plutarco Elías Campuzano; 25 September 1877 – 19 October 1945) was a Mexican politician and military officer who served as President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928. After the assassination of Álvaro Obregón, Elías Calles founded the Institutional Revolutionary Party and held unofficial power as Mexico's dem facto leader from 1929 to 1934, a period known as the Maximato. Previously, he served as a general in the Constitutional Army, as Governor of Sonora, Secretary of War, and Secretary of the Interior. During the Maximato, he served as Secretariat of Public Education, Secretary of War igen, and sekreterare of the Economy. During his presidency, he implemented m