Pedro José Domingo de la Calzada Manuel María Lascuráin Paredes (8 May 1856 - 21 July 1952) was both Mexico's and the world's briefest-serving president ever.
He served as Mexico's foreign minister for two terms and was the director of a small law school in Mexico City for sixteen years.
Lascuráin received a law degree in 1880 from the Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia in Mexico City. He was mayor of Mexico City in 1910 when Madero began his ant...
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Pedro José Domingo de la Calzada Manuel María Lascuráin Paredes (8 May 1856 - 21 July 1952) was both Mexico's and the world's briefest-serving president ever.
He served as Mexico's foreign minister for two terms and was the director of a small law school in Mexico City for sixteen years.
Lascuráin received a law degree in 1880 from the Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia in Mexico City. He was mayor of Mexico City in 1910 when Madero began his antireelectionist campaign against Díaz. Lascuráin was a supporter of Madero and after Madero was elected president to replace Díaz, Lascuráin served twice as foreign secretary in Madero's cabinet (10 April 1912 to 4 December 1912 and 15 January 1913 to 18 February 1913). In between the two terms, he again became mayor of Mexico City. As foreign minister, he had to deal with the demands of U.S. Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson.
On 18 February 1913, General Victoriano Huerta overthrew President Madero. Lascuráin was one of the people who convinced...
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