Plutarco Elías Calles belongs to the political record as a figure whose decisions outlasted the moment that produced them.
The record lists Plutarco Elías Calles as 47th President of Mexico.
Plutarco Elías Calles was born at Heroica Guaymas in 1877. His recorded nationality is Mexico.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, mass movements, total war and the collapse of empires reshaped what a political career could be.
The offices held were President of Mexico (1924–1928) and minister.
His political affiliation is recorded as Mexican Laborist Party and Institutional Revolutionary Party.
Political reputations are settled slowly, and rarely by the people who made them.
That the career was made in Mexico is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Plutarco Elías Calles died in 1945, aged 68. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- President of Mexico (1924–1928)
- minister
