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Pedro Lascuráin
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President of Mexico for 45 minutes in 1913
Key facts
- Vice president
- None
- Preceded by
- Francisco I. Madero
- Succeeded by
- Victoriano Huerta
- President
- Francisco I. Madero
- Born
- Pedro José Domingo de la Calzada Manuel María Lascuráin Paredes , ( 1856-05-08 ) 8 May 1856, Mexico City , Mexico
- Died
- 21 July 1952 (1952-07-21) (aged 96), Mexico City, Mexico
- Resting place
- Panteón Francés
- Spouse
- María Flores ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1890 ; died 1951 )
- Relatives
- Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga (grandfather), Juan Manuel Flores (father-in-law)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- María
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Place of birth
- Mexico City
- Place of death
- Mexico City
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Position held
- foreign minister
- Educated at
- National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Political party
- Progressive Constitutionalist Party
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Field of work
- politician
- Image
- Pedro Lascurain.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1856-05-08
- date of death
- 1952-07-21
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- name in native language
- Pedro Lascuráin
- birth name
- Pedro José Domingo de la Calzada Manuel María Lascuráin Paredes
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Encyclopedic overview
Pedro José Domingo de la Calzada Manuel María Lascuráin Paredes (8 May 1856 – 21 July 1952) was a Mexican politician and lawyer who served as the 38th president of Mexico for 45 minutes on 19 February 1913, the shortest presidency in history. The grandson of Mariano Paredes, the 15th president of Mexico, Lascuráin previously served as Mexico's foreign secretary for two terms and was the director of a small law school in Mexico City for 16 years.
Born to a wealthy family in Mexico City, Lascuráin studied law at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria and became a successful lawyer. He held numerous positions in the city's government. During the Mexican Revolution, he became the secretary of foreign affairs in the government of President Francisco I. Madero. In 1913, a coup known as the Ten Tragic Days ousted Madero and Vice President José María Pino Suárez, and Lascuráin became president. His government lasted for less than an hour, during which he appointed the coup's leader, Victoriano Huerta, to the role of foreign secretary. He promptly resigned, being succeeded by Huerta.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pedro Lascuráin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.