February 19th

On this day - February 19th  1913 - Pedro Lascuráin became president for the shortest time in history

Pedro Lascuráin was appointed president of Mexico on February 19th when the former president, Madero, was overthrown by Victoriano Huerta. Pedro's appointmet as the 34th president of Mexico was mainly to keep some legitmacy for the New government in Mexico. He had worked as a minister during the previous government and he was thus in line for the role as president after Madero was forced to resign. Pedro Lascuráin was therfore appointed president just so he could appoint Victoriano Huerta as Interior minister and NeXT in line for the precidency. Pedro Lascuràin was tehrafter forced to resign so that Victoriano Huerta became the official president of Mexico. All in all, Pedro Lascuràin's precidency lasted for less than an hour and it is therfore the shortest regin as president for anyone in history.