Valentín Canalizo
General Valentín Canalizo | |
|---|---|
| 13th President of Mexico | |
| In office 7 September 1843 – 4 June 1844 | |
| Preceded by | Antonio López de Santa Anna |
| Succeeded by | Antonio López de Santa Anna |
| In office 21 September – 6 December 1844 | |
| Preceded by | José Joaquín de Herrera |
| Succeeded by | José Joaquín de Herrera |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 January 1794 Monterrey, New Kingdom of León, Viceroyalty of New Spain |
| Died | 20 February 1850 (aged 56) Mexico, Mexico |
| Political party | Conservative Party |
| Spouse | Josefa Dávila |
José Valentín Raimundo Canalizo Bocadillo (14 January 1794 – 20 February 1850), was a Mexican general and statesman who served twice as interim president during the Centralist Republic of Mexico and was later made Minister of War during the Mexican American War.
After Santa Anna reorganized the constitution as the Bases Orgánicas in 1843, he appointed Canalizo as interim president. Canalizo in practice was a puppet ruler for Santa Anna, but Santa Anna was then popularly elected in 1844 and assumed power personally in June of that year. He took leave two months later after his wife’s death, and Canalizo once again was chosen as interim president. After Mariano Paredes raised a revolt against the government, Santa Anna took command of the military to crush the uprising. Congress criticized this as illegal since Santa Anna was not president at the time, but the Canalizo government supported Santa Anna and dissolved the congress which only provoked popular opposition and led to Canalizo's downfall.
After stepping down from the presidency, he left the nation but came back to serve in the Mexican American War, during which he was appointed Minister of War under the liberal president Valentin Gomez Farias. He died in 1850.