José Mariano Salas
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 16th President of Mexico |
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In office 5 August 1846 – 23 December 1846 |
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| Preceded by | Nicolás Bravo |
| Succeeded by | Valentín Gómez Farías |
| Provisional President of Mexico by the Plan of Tacubaya |
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In office 21 January 1859 – 2 February 1859 |
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| Preceded by | Manuel Robles Pezuela |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Miramón |
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Regent of the Mexican Empire with Juan Almonte and Antonio de Labastida |
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In office 11 July 1863 – 10 April 1864 |
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| Monarch | Maximilian I of Mexico |
| Succeeded by | Maximilian I of Mexico |
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11 May 1797 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Died | 24 December 1867 (aged 70) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Spouse(s) | Josefa Cardeña |
José Mariano de Salas (11 May 1797 – 24 December 1867) was a Mexican general and politician who served twice as interim president of Mexico (1846 and 1859). He was also a member of the executive triumvirate of the Second Mexican Empire that invited Maximilian of Habsburg to take the throne.
Salas entered the military in 1813 as an infantry cadet in the Regimiento de Infantes de Puebla, a Spanish royalist regiment. His first actions were against the insurgents in the Mexican War of Independence. He was with Antonio López de Santa Anna at the capture of Xalapa, Veracruz. In 1821 he accepted the Plan de Iguala for Mexican independence.
He was a defender of the government of President Guadalupe Victoria at the time of the revolt of in 1827. He fought in Tampico against the invasion of the Spaniard Isidro Barradas in 1829. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1832. He commanded one of the columns in the assault on the Alamo, and fought in the action at . He covered the retreat of the Mexican forces to Matamoros.
On 15 July 1840, he took part the suppression of a revolt by soldiers at the National Palace. In 1844, he was exiled for his support of Santa Anna.
On 4 August 1846 from the Ciudadela in Mexico City, he revolted against General Mariano Paredes, who had just temporarily turned over the presidency to Nicolás Bravo to take the field against other rebels. Salas proclaimed the reestablishment of the federalist régime. (Paredes was a centralist.)
Salas was president from 5 August 1846 to 23 December 1846. He immediately re-established the federalist Constitution of 1824 and convoked a new Congress. He worked hard to enlarge the militia and raise money for the upcoming war with the United States. In December he turned over power to Santa Anna (as president) and Valentín Gómez Farías (as vice-president and acting president).
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