Miguel Barragán
Miguel Barragán | |
|---|---|
| 9th President of Mexico | |
| In office 28 January 1835 – 27 February 1836 | |
| Preceded by | Antonio López de Santa Anna |
| Succeeded by | José Justo Corro |
| 1st Governor of Veracruz | |
| In office 20 May 1825 – 5 January 1828 | |
| Preceded by | office established |
| Succeeded by | José María Tornel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 March 1789 Ciudad del Maíz, San Luis Potosí, Mexico |
| Died | 1 March 1836 (aged 46) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Resting place | Mexico City Cathedral |
| Political party | Conservative Party |
| Spouse | Manuela Trebesto y Casasola |
Miguel Francisco Barragán Andrade (8 March 1789 – 1 March 1836) was a Mexican soldier and politician who served as interim president of Mexico in 1836. He had previously served as Governor of Veracruz, and gained national fame for the capture of the Fortress of San Juan de Ulúa in 1824, through which Spanish military presence was finally expelled from Mexico.
He initially was a supporter of the federalist Constitution of 1824, but became a partisan of the conservative Escoses Party, who strongly critiqued the Constitution, and would eventually transform the First Mexican Republic into the Centralist Republic of Mexico, a transition in which Barragán played a military role. During the Centralist Republic, he was nominated by Antonio López de Santa Anna to hold presidential office while Santa Anna went off to fight insurrections against the new constitution, including the Texas Revolution, but Barragán's poor health led him to die in office. He was succeeded by his Minister of Justice, José Justo Corro.