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Plutarco Elías Calles (Spanish pronunciation: [pluˈtarko eˈli.as ˈkaʝes]; September 25 1877 – October 19 1945) was a Mexican general and politician. He was the powerful interior minister under President Álvaro Obregón who chose Calles as his successor. The 1924 Calles presidential campaign was the first populist presidential campaign in the nation’s history as he called for land redistribution and promised equal justice more education additional labor rights and democratic governance.

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active years end date
1928-11-30
active years start date
1924-12-01
birth date
1877-09-25
birth place
Sonora, Guaymas
death date
1945-10-19
death place
Mexico City
LCCN Id
n/80/123495
order in office
35px, President of Mexico, 40th
party
Institutional Revolutionary Party, Laborist Party (Mexico)
religion
Atheism, Spiritualism
successor
Emilio Portes Gil

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