Manuel Antonio Cordero y Bustamante
| Manuel Antonio Cordero y Bustamante | |
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| 34th Governor of Coahuila (1st time) | |
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In office 1797–1805 |
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| Preceded by | Juan Gutiérrez de la Cueva |
| Succeeded by | José Joaquín de Ugarte |
| 31th Governor of Spanish Texas | |
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In office 1805–1808 |
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| Preceded by | Juan Bautista Elguézabal |
| Succeeded by | Manuel María de Salcedo |
| 36th Governor of Coahuila (2nd time) | |
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In office 1809–1817 |
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| Preceded by | José Joaquín de Ugarte |
| Succeeded by | Antonio García de Tejada |
| 18th Governor-Intendant of Sonora (1st time) | |
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In office 1813–1813 |
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| Preceded by | Alejo García Conde |
| Succeeded by | Ignacio de Bustamante |
| 23th Governor-Intendant of Sonora (2nd time) | |
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In office 1819–1819 |
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| Preceded by | Juan José Lombrán |
| Succeeded by | Sonora and Sinaloa were no longer a province. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1753 Cádiz (Andalusia, Spain) |
| Died | near of March 25, 1823 Durango, Mexico |
| Profession | Political and commander |
Manuel Antonio Cordero y Bustamante (1753 – about March 25, 1823) was a Spanish soldier and politician who served as acting governor of Coahuila (in the current Mexico; 1797–98), governor of the same province (1798–1817), acting governor of Texas (1805–1808) and governor of the province of Sonora and Sinaloa (specifically he was a Governor-Intendant of Sonora; in modern Mexico, 1813 and 1819).
Manuel Antonio Cordero y Bustamante was born in 1753 in the Andalusian province of Cadiz, Spain. At age 19 he joined the Spanish army, beginning his career as a cadet on December 1, 1767. He only spent four years in this army and by 1771 he was living in Mexico, where he joined the army. Over seven years he served in various Spanish armies, such as the Corps of Zamora, the Dragoons of Spain and New Spain, and companies of the presidio of Janos and San Buenaventura. Eventually, he attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Between 1777 and 1790, he fought in many wars in the Provincias Internas (Interior Provinces), a province consisting of Alta and Baja California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nueva Vizcaya and Coahuila, and other regions of northern Mexico. There he had his first contact with Texas and Coahuila, two places where later he would occupy the governor's office. He participated in a total of twenty-five military campaigns in the region. However, in four of them, he operated only as a subordinate, but in the others he served as commander.
In 1787, Cordero y Bustamante signed a peace treaty with the Mimbreños Apaches and Gilena. Between 1790 and 1791, while he occupied the post of commander of the Nueva Vizcaya, he began to persecute the marauders and punish Native Americans who had rebelled against the Spanish and were threatening the ranches of the settlers.
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