Emilio Portes Gil

Emilio Portes Gil
Emilio Portes Gil, 1928
48th President of Mexico
In office
1 December 1928 – 4 February 1930
Preceded byPlutarco Elías Calles
Succeeded byPascual Ortiz Rubio
Attorney General of Mexico
In office
5 September 1932 – 30 November 1934
PresidentAbelardo L. Rodríguez
Preceded byJosé Aguilar y Maya
Succeeded bySilvestre Castro
Secretary of the Interior
In office
5 February 1930 – 28 April 1930
PresidentPascual Ortiz Rubio
Preceded byCarlos Riva Palacio
Succeeded byCarlos Riva Palacio
In office
18 August 1928 – 30 November 1928
PresidentPlutarco Elías Calles
Preceded byGonzalo Vázquez Vela
Succeeded byFelipe Canales
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Tamaulipas′s 3rd district
In office
1 September 1922 – 4 February 1925
Preceded byEliseo L. Céspedes
Succeeded byLorenzo de la Garza
Personal details
Born
Emilio Cándido Portes Gil

(1890-10-03)3 October 1890
Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Died10 December 1978(1978-12-10) (aged 88)
Mexico City, Mexico
Resting placePanteón Francés
Political partyInstitutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
Spouse
(m. 1924)
Children2

Emilio Cándido Portes Gil (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈmiljo ˈpoɾtes xil]; 3 October 1890 – 10 December 1978) was President of Mexico from 1928 to 1930, one of three to serve out the six-year term of President-elect General Álvaro Obregón, who had been assassinated in 1928. Since the Mexican Constitution of 1917 forbade re-election of a serving president, incumbent President Plutarco Elías Calles could not formally retain the presidency. Portes Gil replaced him, but Calles, the "Jefe Máximo", retained effective political power during what is known as the Maximato.