The Institutional Revolutionary Party is a political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 as the National Revolutionary Party. It became the Party of the Mexican Revolution in 1938 and the PRI in
Central offices of the Institutional Revolutionary Party
Plutarco Elías Calles on the cover of Time magazine in 1924
President Álvaro Obregón in a business suit, tailored to show that he lost his right arm in the Mexican Revolution and whose assassination in 1928 touched off a political crisis leading to the formation of the party
Pascual Ortiz Rubio, candidate of the PNR in the 1929 presidential election
Plutarco Elías Calles
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Plutarco Elías Calles was a Mexican politician and military officer who served as the 47th president of Mexico from 1924 to 1928. After the assassination of Álvaro Obregón, Calles founded the Institut
Institutional Revolutionary Party
…PRM) in 1938 and the PRI in 1946. The party held uninterrupted power in the country for 71 years, from 1929 to 2000. The PNR was founded in 1929 by Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexico's paramount leader and self-proclaimed Jefe Máximo (Supreme Chief) of the Mexican Revolution. The party was created with the intent of providing…
Calles in 1924.
Plutarco Elías Calles
Plutarco Elías Calles at the American Federation of Labor Building, 1924
Plutarco Elías Calles