Pedro Lascuráin
President of Mexico for 45 minutes in 1913 · Mexico · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1856 to 1952 · aged 96
He held the Mexican presidency for 45 minutes - the shortest term in history. On 19 February 1913, Pedro Lascuráin stepped into the office only long enough to appoint the coup leader who had ousted his predecessor, then resigned.
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Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga, Lascuráin's grandfather and one-time president of Mexico.
Lascuráin (right) with President Francisco I. Madero (center) and Vice President José María Pino Suárez (left) at the funeral of Justo Sierra in 1912.
Victoriano Huerta (pictured) led the coup that ousted Madero and Pino Suárez, and succeeded Lascuráin as presidentAbout this person
Born into wealth in Mexico City in 1856, the grandson of a former president, Lascuráin studied law and built a successful practice while holding various city government posts. During the Mexican Revolution he became foreign secretary under Francisco I. Madero. When a coup known as the Ten Tragic Days toppled Madero and Vice President José María Pino Suárez in 1913, Lascuráin found himself next in line. His government lasted less than an hour: he appointed the coup's leader, Victoriano Huerta, as foreign secretary, then stepped down so Huerta could take power. He returned to law, directed the Escuela Libre de Derecho for 16 years, and died in 1952 at 96 - remembered almost entirely for those 45 minutes.
