Melchor Múzquiz
Melchor Múzquiz | |
|---|---|
| 5th President of Mexico | |
| In office 14 August – 24 December 1832 | |
| Vice President | Anastasio Bustamante |
| Preceded by | Anastasio Bustamante |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Gómez Pedraza |
| 1st Governor of the State of Mexico | |
| In office 12 March 1831 – 12 March 1834 | |
| Preceded by | Lorenzo de Zavala |
| Succeeded by | Lorenzo de Zavala |
| In office 27 September 1824 – 8 March 1827 | |
| Preceded by | Manuel Gómez Pedraza |
| Succeeded by | Lorenzo de Zavala |
| In office 2 – 4 March 1824 | |
| Preceded by | office established |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Gómez Pedraza |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 April 1788 Santa Rosa, New Spain (now Melchor Múzquiz City, Coahuila, Mexico) |
| Died | 14 December 1844 (aged 54) Mexico City |
| Nationality | Mexican New Spanish (prior to 1821) |
| Spouse | Joaquina Bezares |
José Ventura Melchor Ciriaco de Ecay-Múzquiz y Arrieta (6 April 1788 – 14 December 1844) was a Mexican soldier and politician who became the 5th President of Mexico after president Anastasio Bustamante stepped down to personally lead his armies against an 1832 insurgency known as the Plan of Veracruz.
Múzquiz played an active role in attempting to suppress the revolt, but revolution would succeed and Múzquiz was forced to step down in December 1832 in favor of the insurgents' choice for president: Manuel Gomez Pedraza.