predecessor death_date death_place birth_place nationality office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
roque gonzález garza 13 november 1932 mexico city , mexico tlacotalpan , veracruz , mexico mexican president of mexico by the convention of aguascalientes 20 september 1878 june 10 , 1915 franciscolagosc.jpg francisco lagos cházaro
 october 10 , 1915 francisco lagos cházaro
francisco lagos cházaro

francisco jerónimo de jesús lagos cházaro mortero -lrb- tlacotalpan , veracruz , september 20 , 1878 -- november 13 , 1932 in mexico city -rrb- was acting president of mexico designated by the convention of aguascalientes from june 10 , 1915 to october 10 , 1915 .
lagos cházaro studied for a legal career in veracruz , puebla and mexico city .
in 1909 he joined the antireelectionist movement against president porfirio díaz led by francisco i. madero .
in 1911 he was elected to the city council of orizaba , veracruz .
he was also governor of the state of veracruz during the presidency of madero -lrb- february -- november 1912 -rrb- .
on the death of madero in 1913 he joined the constitutionalist party .
president venustiano carranza named him president of the superior court of justice of coahuila .
in 1915 on the break between the revolutionary leaders , he joined with francisco -lrb- pancho -rrb- villa .
he was founder and director of the periodical `` vida nueva '' in chihuahua .
villa joined with emiliano zapata in the convention of aguascalientes .
with their supporters they formed the conventionalist party , in opposition to the constitutionalist party of carranza .
lagos was personal secretary of general roque gonzález garza when the latter was named president of the republic by the conventionalists .
lagos became president himself by authority of the convention of aguascalientes in succession to gonzález garza on june 10 , 1915 .
the following month he was driven from the capital by the constitutionalists and set up his government in toluca .
soon he had to move again , to ixtlahuaca .
there his cabinet broke up and he lost many of his troops .
he tried to rejoin villa , but the latter was now in retreat to the north .
in january 1916 the convention was dissolved .
lagos cházaro sailed from manzanillo , colima , for self-imposed exile .
he lived in costa rica , honduras and nicaragua until returning to the country in 1920 , after the end of the revolution .
he returned to his profession as a lawyer and worked in various government posts .
he died in mexico city in 1932 .
