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Plutarco Elías Calles


Plutarco Elías Calles
President of Mexico
Term of Office:1924 - 1928
Preceded by:Álvaro Obregón
Succeeded by:Emilio Portes Gil
Date of Birth:25 September 1877
Place of Birth:Guaymas, Sonora
Date of Death:19 October 1945
Place of Death:Mexico City
First Lady:
Occupation:schoolteacher, soldier, politician
Political Party:Partido Nacional Revolucionario
Plutarco Elías Calles (25 September 187719 October 1945) was President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928.

He founded the Partido Nacional Revolucionario – which would later rename itself the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) – in 1929.

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