Ignacio Comonfort
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 25th President of Mexico |
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In office 11 December 1855 – 17 December 1857 |
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| Preceded by | Juan Álvarez |
| Succeeded by | Benito Juárez |
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12 March 1812 Puebla, Puebla, New Spain |
| Died | 13 November 1863 (aged 51) Guanajuato, Mexican Empire |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Political party | Liberal |
Ignacio Gregorio Comonfort de los Ríos (Spanish pronunciation: [iɣˈnasjo komomˈfort ðe los ˈri.os]; 12 March 1812 – 13 November 1863) was a Mexican politician and soldier. He became President of Mexico in 1855 after a revolt based in Ayutla overthrew Santa Anna.
He was born in 1812 to French parents in Puebla de los Ángeles, in the state of Puebla, New Spain (colonial México). He participated in the Mexican-American War.
Comonfort was president of Mexico from 11 December 1855 to 21 January 1858. During his term as president, Benito Juárez served as president of the Supreme Court of Mexico.
He was a moderate liberal who tried to maintain an uncertain coalition, but the moderate liberals and the radical liberals were unable to resolve their sharp differences. During his presidency, the Constitution of 1857 was drafted creating the Second Federal Republic of Mexico. The new constitution restricted some of the Catholic Church's traditional privileges regarding land holdings, revenues and control over education. It granted religious freedom, and only stated that the Catholic Church was the favored faith. The anti-clerical radicals scored a major victory with the ratification of the constitution, because it weakened the Church and enfranchised all citizens.
The constitution was unacceptable to the clergy and the conservatives, and they plotted a revolt. The country descended into the War of the Reform, a civil war launched by reactionaries against the Constitution of 1857 which, among other things, had abolished privileges for the Catholic Church. Shortly after the adoption of the Constitution of 1857, a board of generals staged a coup d'état, proclaiming the Plan of Tacubaya, which decreed the nullification of the Constitution. President Comonfort, representing himself as a moderate, wavered but decided to go along with the generals. In exchange, the Catholic Church repealed the March 1857 excommunication decree for those who adhered to the new plan.
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