List of Mexican presidential firsts
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This list contains the distinctions of the various heads of state of Mexico.
Agustín I (1822–1823)[edit]
- First head of state of Mexico.
- First Mexican head of state to be overthrown.[1]
- First Mexican head of state to be born in the 18th century.
Guadalupe Victoria (1824–1829)[edit]
- First president of Mexico.[2]
- First president born in Durango.
- First president to finish his presidential term.
Vicente Guerrero (1829)[edit]
- First president with significant African ancestry.[3]
Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga (1845-1846)[edit]
- First president born in Mexico City[4]
- First president to be the grandfather of another president[5]
Benito Juárez (1858-1872)[edit]
- First indigenous (Zapotec) president of Mexico and first post-colonial indigenous head of state in the Americas[6]
- First president to die in office and first to die in office of natural causes (a heart attack)
Pedro Lascuráin (1913)[edit]
- First president to be the grandson of another president[5]
- First to serve as president for less than an hour and less than a full day[7][a]
Venustiano Carranza (1917-1920)[edit]
- First president to die in office via assassination[8] (or possibly suicide[9])[b]
- First president to serve under the Constitution of 1917[c]
Lázaro Cárdenas (1934-1940)[edit]
- First president to serve a full six-year term[10]
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1964-1970)[edit]
- First president to ride Line 1 of the Mexico City Metro (and first passenger on that line overall)[11]
Luis Echeverria Álvarez (1970-1976)[edit]
- First president to be a centenarian[12]
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018–)[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Sources estimate his tenure lasted from 15 to 56 minutes. The most commonly used average is 45 minutes. Either way, Lascuráin served for less than an hour, and his presidency is the shortest in Mexico and in the world.
- ^ He died of gunshot wounds, historians debate the exact nature of his death
- ^ He was the driving force behind its creation
References[edit]
- ^ "Con el Plan de Casa Mata se da el primer pronunciamiento de tropas mexicanas". Memoria política de México. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ^ "Biografía de Guadalupe Victoria". Biografías y vidas. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ^ "Vicente Guerrero: el primer presidente afromexicano". Televisa. September 15, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
- ^ Vazquez-Gomez 1997, p. 77
- ^ a b "Pedro Lascuráin, El Presidente de México Que Gobernó Por 45 Minutos" (in Spanish). México Desconocido. May 3, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ Hamnett, Brian R. (1991). "Benito Juárez, Early Liberalism, and the Regional Politics of Oaxaca, 1828–1853". Bulletin of Latin American Research. 10 (1): 3–21. doi:10.2307/3338561. JSTOR 3338561.
- ^ Braddy, Haldeen (Autumn 1969). "Revolution: Agony South of the Border". Montana: The Magazine of Western History. 19 (4). Montana Historical Society: 32–45. JSTOR 4517403.
Pedro Lascurain (Interim President for 28 minutes) became president for one day only, February 19, 1913
- ^ "Carranza And Security Murdered By His Own Men". Colorado Hispanic Newspapers Collection. The Herald Democrat. May 23, 1920. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ^ Krauze, Mexico: Biography of Power, 372-373.
- ^ "Mexico – Reference Information – History". Latin-focus.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ Solís, Vanessa (September 4, 2020). "Así fue el primer día en que el Metro abrió sus puertas" (in Spanish). El Sol de México. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
- ^ "Mexico's oldest living ex-president turned 100, but it wasn't widely celebrated". NPR.org. NPR. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
- ^ "Andrés Manuel López Obrador". Gobierno de México. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
Bibliography[edit]
- Vazquez-Gomez, Juana (1997). Dictionary Of Mexican Rulers, 1325-1997. ISBN 9780313300493.
