Pedro Lascuráin Paredes
Pedro José Domingo de la Calzada Manuel María Lascuráin Paredes (born May 8, 1856 in Mexico City ; † July 21, 1952 ) was the shortest incumbent president in Mexico and worldwide with a term of less than one hour .
Pedro Lascuráin was Foreign Minister in the cabinet of Francisco Madero . On February 18, 1913, General Victoriano Huerta overthrew President Madero. While Madero was imprisoned in the National Palace, Lascuráin was one of those who urged the incumbent president to abdicate in order to save his life; Madero was murdered anyway.
Presidency
To give the coup a semblance of legality, Huerta Lascuráin took over the presidency. This was the third in line after Vice President José María Pino Suárez and the Minister of Justice under the Constitution of Mexico of 1857, but the other two were also ousted by Huerta.
After Lascuráin took office, he appointed Huerta as his interior minister, who was fourth in the line of the presidency. Immediately afterwards, Lascuráin resigned his office and handed the business over to Huerta, who called the congress that night, which approved the takeover of power under the arms of Huerta's troops.
A few days later, Madero and Suárez were killed. These events went down in history as la decena trágica (“the tragic ten days”).
Lascuráin was president for less than an hour (sources vary between 15 and 55 minutes). Huerta offered him a post in the cabinet, which Lascuráin refused. He withdrew from politics and practiced as a lawyer again.
literature
- Graziella Altamirano Cozzi: Pedro Lascurain. Un hombre en la encrucijada de la revolución. Instituto Mora, Mexico City 2004, ISBN 970-684-097-4 .
- Fernando Orozco Linares: Gobernantes de México. Desde la época prehispánica hasta nuestros días. Panorama Editorial, Mexico City 1985, ISBN 968-38-0133-1 .
- Lascuráin Paredes, Pedro. In: José Rogelio Alvarez (ed.): Enciclopedia de México. Volume 8: Instituto - Magia. 3a edición revisada. Enciclopedia de México, Mexico City 1996, ISBN 1-56409-016-7 .
- Manuel García Puron: México y sus gobernantes. Biographies. Volume 2: México independiente. Edición actualizada for Salvador Rivero y Martínez. Joaquín Porrua, Mexico City 1984.
Web links
- La decena trágica by Alejandro Rosas
- La decena trágica
- Brief biography at Encarta
- Letter biography
- A little more biographical information
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Francisco Madero |
President of Mexico 1913 |
Victoriano Huerta |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lascuráin, un presidente tan fugaz como medio partido de fútbol - La Crónica de Hoy, México, 26 de outubro de 2005
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paredes, Pedro Lascuráin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paredes, Pedro José Domingo de la Calzada Manuel María Lascuráin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico city |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 1952 |
| Place of death | Mexico city |