Emilio Portes Gil

Emilio Portes Gil
Emilio Portes Gil, 1928
48th President of Mexico
In office 1 December 1928 – 4 February 1930
Preceded by	Plutarco Elías Calles
Succeeded by	Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Attorney General of Mexico
In office 5 September 1932 – 30 November 1934
President	Abelardo L. Rodríguez
Preceded by	José Aguilar y Maya
Succeeded by	Silvestre Castro
Secretary of the Interior
In office 5 February 1930 – 28 April 1930
President	Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Preceded by	Carlos Riva Palacio
Succeeded by	Carlos Riva Palacio
In office 18 August 1928 – 30 November 1928
President	Plutarco Elías Calles
Preceded by	Gonzalo Vázquez Vela
Succeeded by	Felipe Canales
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Tamaulipas′s 3rd district
In office 1 September 1922 – 4 February 1925
Preceded by	Eliseo L. Céspedes
Succeeded by	Lorenzo de la Garza
Personal details
Born	Emilio Cándido Portes Gil (1890-10-03)3 October 1890 Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Died	10 December 1978(1978-12-10) (aged 88) Mexico City, Mexico
Resting place	Panteón Francés
Political party	Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
Spouse	Carmen García González ​ ​ (m. 1924)​
Children	2

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.