Plan of San Luis Potosí

A political proclamation issued by Francisco I. Madero in 1910 that rejected Porfirio Díaz’s reelection and called for an uprising to restore constitutional government in Mexico.

Francisco I. Madero: A Mexican politician who challenged Porfirio Díaz and became president after the Mexican Revolution began. Madero authored the proclamation and set its date for the uprising.
November 20, 1910: The date designated for Mexicans to begin an uprising against Porfirio Díaz by the Plan of San Luis Potosí. The plan gave resistance a shared starting date, though revolts began at different times.
Treaty of Ciudad Juárez: The May 1911 agreement that ended Porfirio Díaz’s presidency and called for an interim government and new elections. It followed the revolt the plan initiated, while leaving many of its deeper demands unsettled.
Plan of Tacubaya: A 1857 political plan that repudiated Mexico’s liberal constitution and helped trigger the Reform War. Unlike Madero’s plan, it sought to overturn the Constitution of 1857.
Porfirio Díaz: A Mexican general and political leader who ruled Mexico for most of the period from 1876 to 1911. The plan repudiated Díaz’s reelection and demanded an end to his rule.
Mexican Revolution: A revolution beginning in 1910 that toppled Porfirio Díaz and transformed Mexico’s political and social order. The uprising called for by the plan became the opening phase of the revolution.
Francisco León de la Barra: A Mexican diplomat who served as interim president after Díaz resigned in 1911. His interim presidency followed the plan’s victory and preceded Madero’s election.
Plan of Guadalupe: Venustiano Carranza’s 1913 proclamation rejecting Victoriano Huerta’s government and calling for constitutionalist revolt. It invoked constitutional legitimacy against a later government, after Madero had been overthrown.
Mexican general election, 1910: The Mexican presidential election in which Porfirio Díaz was declared the winner over opposition candidate Francisco I. Madero. Madero denounced the election as fraudulent and used it to justify revolt.
Non-reelection: A political principle opposing the repeated election of an incumbent to the same office. The plan made opposition to presidential reelection a central political demand.

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Emiliano ZapataRelated: Its call to arms drew Zapata into the uprising against Díaz.