Progressive Constitutionalist Party (Mexico)

The ideas of the Party were established in The Presidential Succession in 1910, a best-selling book published in 1909 by Francisco I. Madero, the scion of one of the wealthiest families in Mexico.

[2] In February 1913, during the events of the Ten Tragic Days, a military coup erupted that overthrew the Madero government, effectively interrupting the observation of the Federal Constitution of 1857.

Under the leadership of Venustiano Carranza, the PLC leaned closer towards the centre-left ground of politics, effectively positioning themselves as social democrats.

[6] Another faction, led by José Vasconcelos, felt that the PNR had become too authoritarian and had betrayed the liberal and constitutionalist principles espoused by Madero and the PCP.

After the triumph of Vicente Fox during the 2000 presidential election, he became the first opposition president since the Revolution, culminating Mexico's democratic transition, as originally envisioned by Madero.

Francisco I. Madero , the founder and ideologue of the Progressive Constitutionalists, became the first democratically elected President of Mexico , governing between 1911 and his assassination in 1913.