Emilio Portes Gil

President of Mexico

3 October 1890 Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas

10 December 1978(1978-12-10) (88) Mexico City

1 December 1928 – 4 February 1930

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Portes and the second or maternal family name is Gil. Emilio Cándido Portes Gil (Spanish pronunciation:  ; 3 October 1890 – 10 December 1978) was President of Mexico from 1928 to 1930, one of three to serve out the six-year term of President-elect General Álvaro Obregón, who had been assassinated in 1928. Since the Mexican Constitution of 1917 forbade re-election of a serving president, incumbent President Plutarco Elías Calles could not formally retain the presidency. Portes Gil replaced him, but Calles, the "Jefe Máximo", retained effective political power during what is known as the Maximato.