Pedro Lascuráin - wikipedia Pedro Lascuráin This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ( September 2012 ) Pedro Lascuráin 34th President of Mexico In office 19 February 1913 ( c. 45 minutes ) Preceded by Francisco I. Madero Succeeded by Victoriano Huerta Personal details ( 1856 - 05 - 08 ) 8 May 1856 Mexico City, Mexico 21 July 1952 ( 1952 - 07 - 21 ) ( aged 96 ) Mexico City, Mexico Nationality Mexican Spouse ( s ) María Flores Pedro José Domingo de la Calzada Manuel María Lascuráin Paredes ( 8 May 1856 -- 21 July 1952 ) was a Mexican politician who served as the 34th President of Mexico for less than one hour on February 19, 1913, the shortest presidency in the history of the world. He had earlier served as Mexico 's foreign secretary for two terms and was the director of a small law school in Mexico City for sixteen years. Contents 1 Early life 2 Early career 3 Presidency 4 Later life 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links Early life Lascuráin was born in Mexico City in 1856. He was the son of Francisco Lascuráin Icaza and Ana Paredes Cortés. Early career Lascuráin received a law degree in 1880 from the Escuela Nacional de Jurisprudencia ( National School of Jurisprudence ) in Mexico City. He was mayor of Mexico City in 1910 when Francisco I. Madero began a campaign against the re-election of Porfirio 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 19 February 1913 ). In between the two terms, he again became mayor of Mexico City. As foreign secretary, he had to deal with the demands of U.S. Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson. Presidency On 19 February 1913, General Victoriano Huerta overthrew Madero. Lascuráin was one of the people who convinced Madero to resign the presidency while he was being held prisoner in the National Palace and claimed that his life was in danger if he refused. Under the 1857 Constitution of Mexico, the vice-president, the attorney general, the foreign secretary, and the interior secretary stood in line to the presidency. As well as Madero, Huerta had ousted Vice-President José María Pino Suárez and Attorney General Adolfo Valles Baca. To give the coup d'état some appearance of legality, he had Lascuráin, as foreign secretary, assume the presidency, who would then appoint him as his interior secretary, making Huerta next in line to the presidency, and then resign. The presidency thus passed to Huerta. As a consequence, Lascuráin was president for less than an hour ; sources quote figures ranging from 15 to 56 minutes. To date, Lascuráin 's presidency is the shortest in history, even briefer than that of Venezuelan politician Diosdado Cabello in 2002. Huerta called a late - night special session of Congress, and under the guns of his troops, the legislators endorsed his assumption of power. A few days later, Huerta had Madero and Pino Suárez killed. The coup and the events surrounding it became known as La decena trágica ( `` the tragic ten days '' ). Later life Huerta offered Lascuráin a post in his cabinet, but Lascuráin declined. He retired from politics and began practicing again as a lawyer. He was the director of the Escuela Libre de Derecho, a conservative law school, for 16 years and published extensively on commercial and civil law. See also Mexico portal List of heads of state of Mexico Notes Jump up ^ Lascuráin, un presidente tan fugaz como medio partido de fútbol ^ Jump up to : http://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/10096/Pedro%20Lascurain Jump up ^ Procurador General de la República Jump up ^ Braddy, Haldeen ( Autumn 1969 ). `` Revolution : Agony South of the Border ''. Montana : The Magazine of Western History. Montana Historical Society. 19 ( 4 ) : 32, 44. JSTOR 4517403. Pedro Lascurain ( Interim President for 28 minutes ) became president for one day only, February 19, 1913 References ( in Spanish ) `` Lascuráin Paredes, Pedro '', Enciclopedia de México, vol. 8. Mexico City, 1996, ISBN 1 - 56409 - 016 - 7 ( in Spanish ) Altamirano Cozzi, Graziella, Pedro Lascurain : Un hombre en la encrucijada de la revolución. Instituto Mora, 2004, ISBN 978 - 970 - 684 - 097 - 4 ( in Spanish ) García Purón, Manuel, México y sus gobernantes, v. 2. Mexico City : Joaquín Porrua, 1984. ( in Spanish ) Orozco Linares, Fernando, Gobernantes de México. Mexico City : Panorama Editorial, 1985, ISBN 968 - 38 - 0260 - 5 External links ( in Spanish ) La decena trágica by Alejandro Rosas ( in Spanish ) La decena trágica ( in Spanish ) Brief biography at Encarta ( in Spanish ) Brief biography ( in Spanish ) A little more biographical information Political offices Preceded by Francisco I. Madero President of Mexico 19 February 1913 Succeeded by Victoriano Huerta Presidents of Mexico Guadalupe Victoria Vicente Guerrero José María Bocanegra Pedro Vélez Anastasio Bustamante Melchor Múzquiz Manuel Gómez Pedraza Valentín Gómez Farías Antonio López de Santa Anna Miguel Barragán José Justo Corro Nicolás Bravo Francisco Javier Echeverría Valentín Canalizo José Joaquín de Herrera Mariano Paredes José Mariano Salas Pedro María de Anaya Manuel de la Peña Mariano Arista Juan Bautista Ceballos Manuel María Lombardini Martín Carrera Rómulo Díaz Juan Álvarez Hurtado Ignacio Comonfort Félix María Zuloaga Manuel Robles Pezuela Miguel Miramón José Ignacio Pavón Benito Juárez Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada José María Iglesias Juan N. Méndez Porfirio Díaz Manuel González Flores Francisco León de la Barra Francisco I. Madero Pedro Lascuráin Victoriano Huerta Francisco S. 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Answer: Pedro José Domingo de la Calzada Manuel María Lascuráin Paredes