Manuel María Lombardini

Manuel María Lombardini
21st President of Mexico
Acting
In office
8 February  20 April 1853
Preceded byJuan Bautista Ceballos
Succeeded byAntonio López de Santa Anna
Personal details
Born(1802-07-23)23 July 1802
Mexico City, New Spain
Died22 December 1853(1853-12-22) (aged 51)
Mexico City, Mexico
Political partyConservative
Military service
Allegiance Mexico
Branch/serviceMexican Army

Manuel Apolinario Josef María Ignacio Antonio Lombardini de la Torre (1802–1853) was a Mexican soldier who served as president briefly for about three months in 1853. He rose to power in the wake of a revolution against the government of President Mariano Arista. After Arista and his successor Juan Ceballos resigned, the insurgents elevated Lombardini to the presidency as a matter of convenience, and he was only ever meant to serve as a placeholder while the true aim of the insurgents, the restoration of Santa Anna, was carried out. Lombardini would resign accordingly on April 20, and he died of pneumonia in December of the same year.