Pedro Lascuráin Pedro Lascuráin Pedro José Domingo de la Calzada Manuel María Lascuráin Paredes (8 May 1856 – 21 July 1952) was a Mexican politician who served as the 34th President of Mexico for less than one hour on February 19, 1913, the shortest presidency in the history of the world. He had earlier served as Mexico's foreign secretary for two terms and was the director of a small law school in Mexico City for sixteen years. Lascuráin was born in Mexico City in 1856. He was the son of Francisco Lascuráin Icaza and Ana Paredes Cortés. Lascuráin received a law degree
Pedro Mir Letters, "honoris causa", from the Hunter College of the City University of New York. In 1993, Mir was awarded the Dominican National Literature Award for his lifetime achievements. Pedro Mir died peacefully on 11 July 2000 surrounded by his family, after a long pulmonary illness. In 2017 Ediciones Cielonaranja has published his "Poesía Completa". "Letras dispersas (2013) Pedro Mir Pedro Julio Mir Valentín (3 June 1913, San Pedro de Macorís – 11 July 2000, Santo Domingo) was Dominican poet and writer, named Poet Laureate of the Dominican Republic by Congress in 1984, and a member of the generation of "Independent