Plutarco Elías Calles
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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 Party: PNR

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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