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 1877 – 19 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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