Pascual Ortiz Rubio

Pascual Ortiz Rubio

42nd President of Mexico
In office
5 February 1930 – 4 September 1932
Preceded by Emilio Portes Gil
Succeeded by Abelardo L. Rodríguez
Personal details
Born (1877-03-10)10 March 1877
Morelia, Michoacán
Died 4 November 1963(1963-11-04) (aged 86)
Mexico City
Nationality Mexican
Political party National Revolutionary Party
Spouse(s) Josefa de Ortiz (1892–1983)

Pascual Ortiz Rubio (Spanish pronunciation: [pasˈkwal orˈtis ˈruβjo]; 10 March 1877 – 4 November 1963) was a Mexican politician and the President of Mexico from 1930 to 1932.

Early life and education

He was born in Morelia, Michoacán, as the son of Pascual Ortiz de Ayala y Huerta and Lenor Rubio Cornelis.

Career

Early positions

He served as Governor of Michoacán, from 1917 to 1918, and as secretary of communications, fom 1920 to 1921.

Presidency

Pascual Ortiz stood in the election of 17 November 1929 as the candidate of the newly formed National Revolutionary Party, the forerunner of the PRI.

He won against José Vasconcelos, a former minister of education, national luminary against corruption and Calles's authoritarian rule,[1] and the candidate of the Anti-Re-election Party. The margin was 700,000 votes.[2]

However, Ortiz was an ineffective leader.[3] Alleging excessive interference in his presidency by former president Plutarco Elías Calles, from whom Ortiz demonstrated independence while he was in office[1] and still seriously shaken by an attempt on his life at the very start of his term,[3] he resigned the presidency on 4 September 1932. He was succeeded by Abelardo L. Rodríguez.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Emilio Portes Gil		 President of Mexico
1930–1932 		Succeeded by
Abelardo L. Rodríguez
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