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Plutarco Elías Calles

1877 - 1945

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Plutarco Elías Calles (born Francisco Plutarco Elías Campuzano; 25 September 1877 – 19 October 1945) was a Mexican politician and military officer who served as the 47th President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928. After the assassination of Álvaro Obregón, Calles founded the Institutional Revolutionary Party and held unofficial power as Mexico's de 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 again, and Secretary of the Economy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Plutarco Elías Calles is the 4,223rd most popular politician (down from 3,934th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 34th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Mexican Politician.

Elías Calles was a Mexican general and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928. He is most famous for being the head of the Mexican Revolution and for his role in the Cristero War.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Plutarco Elías Calles ranks 4,223 out of 19,576. Before him are Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy, Godigisel, Milan Milutinović, Francis IV, Duke of Modena, Asif Ali Zardari, and Francis III, Duke of Brittany. After him are Chen Shou, Borut Pahor, Barquq, Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, Sumu-la-El, and Odo of Bayeux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Plutarco Elías Calles ranks 31. Before him are Aga Khan III, Henry Norris Russell, Enrico De Nicola, Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, Karl Abraham, and Emil Abderhalden. After him are Oswald Avery, Alfred Kubin, Said Nursî, Arthur Cecil Pigou, André Maginot, and Alben W. Barkley. Among people deceased in 1945, Plutarco Elías Calles ranks 84. Before him are Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Georg Elser, Josef Terboven, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Harry Daghlian, and Franz Ziereis. After him are Hans Oster, Elisabeth Volkenrath, Mitsuru Ushijima, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, John Ambrose Fleming, and Kurt Gerstein.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Plutarco Elías Calles ranks 39 out of 729. Before him are Alfonso García Robles (1911), Álvaro Obregón (1880), Mario J. Molina (1943), Venustiano Carranza (1859), Juan Diego (1474), and Luis Barragán (1902). After him are Juan Rulfo (1917), Guillermo del Toro (1964), Ramon Novarro (1899), Victoriano Huerta (1850), Consuelo Velázquez (1916), and Pedro Lascuráin (1856).

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Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Plutarco Elías Calles ranks 18. Before him are Lázaro Cárdenas (1895), Vicente Fox (1942), Moctezuma I (1398), Cuitláhuac (1476), Álvaro Obregón (1880), and Venustiano Carranza (1859). After him are Victoriano Huerta (1850), Pedro Lascuráin (1856), Guadalupe Victoria (1786), Vicente Guerrero (1782), Ahuitzotl (1486), and José María Morelos (1765).

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