Ruler · 1877 – 1945

Plutarco Elías Calles

Lived 1877 – 1945; politician, military officer, military personnel. President of Mexico (Mexico), 1924 – 1928.

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Lived: 1877 – 1945; 68 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Mexico
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Mexico

Mexico · the 54th of 73 dated reigns · 1824 – 2024

50 before

Venustiano Carranza1917 – 1920

Adolfo de la Huerta1920

Álvaro Obregón1920 – 1924

Plutarco Elías Calles1924 – 1928

Emilio Portes Gil1928 – 1930

Pascual Ortiz Rubio1930 – 1932

Abelardo L. Rodríguez1932 – 1934

16 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1924 – 1928 · 4 years · came to it aged 47

Came to it: elected
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1928; they died in 1945

He won the election and expanded education, implemented infrastructure projects, and improved public health.

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