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- As governor of Sonora (1915–1916, 1917–1919) and working with Obregón's other principal Sonoran associate, Adolfo De La Huerta (governor, 1917, 1919–1920), Calles set forth a radical program to promote education on a broad scale; break up monopolies (including the cancellation of all prior government concessions which had tax exemptions) and support small entrepreneurs; extend secularization (including the legalization of divorce and the expulsion of all priests); establish an agrarian...
Plutarco Elías Calles (born September 25, 1877, Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico—died October 19, 1945, Mexico City) was a Mexican military and political leader who modernized the revolutionary armies and later became president of Mexico.
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Plutarco Elías Calles (born Francisco Plutarco Elías Campuzano; 25 September 1877 – 19 October 1945) was a Mexican soldier and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928. After the assassination of Álvaro Obregón , Elías Calles founded the Institutional Revolutionary Party and held unofficial power as Mexico's de ...
Mar 8, 2022 · ¿Quién fue Plutarco Elías Calles? Plutarco Elías Calles (1877-1945) fue un militar y líder político mexicano que gobernó México entre los años 1924 y 1928. Calles fue quien modernizó los ejércitos revolucionarios y fue el fundador del Partido Nacional Revolucionario, organización política que se convirtió en la principal del país ...
May 23, 2018 · Plutarco Elías Calles (1877-1945) was a Mexican revolutionary leader and president whose constitutional and key economic reforms provided a solid base for Mexico's later governmental stability. Plutarco Calles was born in Guaymas, Sonora, on Sept. 25, 1877, and orphaned 4 years later.
Plutarco Elías Calles (b. 25 September 1877; d. 19 October 1945), president of Mexico (1924–1928). The poor relation of a notable family in the northwestern state of Sonora, Calles was an aspiring young professional and entrepreneur who had met with only limited success before the Mexican Revolution .
Nacido el 25 de septiembre de 1877 en Guaymas, Sonora, Calles se convirtió en una figura central en la Revolución Mexicana y en la política nacional, llegando a ser presidente de México y un influyente líder político en los años posteriores a su mandato.
Calles, Plutarco Elías plo͞otärˈkō ālēˈäs käˈyās [key], 1877–1945, Mexican statesman, president (1924–28). In 1913 he left schoolteaching to fight with Álvaro Obregón and Venustiano Carranza against Victoriano Huerta. In 1920 he joined.