Manuel Gómez Pedraza
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 6th President of Mexico |
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In office 24 December 1832 – 31 March 1833 |
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| Preceded by | Melchor Múzquiz |
| Succeeded by | Valentín Gómez Farías |
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| Born | 22 April 1789 Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro |
| Died | 14 May 1851 (aged 62) Mexico City |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Political party | Moderate |
Manuel Gómez Pedraza (22 April 1789 – 14 May 1851) was a Mexican general and president of his country from 1832 to 1833.
Born into the upper middle class, Gómez Pedraza was a student at the time of the Grito de Dolores (Cry of Independence) from Spain in 1810. He enlisted in the royalist army under General Félix María Calleja del Rey and became a lieutenant. He fought the Mexican insurgents during the War of Independence and contributed to the capture of José María Morelos. He was a deputy from New Spain to the Spanish Parliament (the Cortes Generales) in 1820. In 1821, after the fall of the viceregal government, he joined with Agustín de Iturbide, who became a personal friend. Iturbide made him commander of the Mexico City garrison. During the period of the First Mexican Empire under Iturbide (1821–1823), Gómez was an anti-federalist, but after the fall of Iturbide he converted to federalism.
In 1824, he was governor and military commander of Puebla. In 1825, President Guadalupe Victoria made him minister of war and the navy. He was later minister of internal and external affairs in Victoria's cabinet. He formed a political party with a diverse membership. This became the Partido Moderado (Moderate Party).
He was a candidate for president of the republic in 1828 in opposition to Vicente Guerrero and actually won the election. However, on 3 December 1828, under military threat (the National Palace had been bombarded) by his adversaries, including Antonio López de Santa Anna, he renounced his victory and left the country. The election was annulled, and under the , Vicente Guerrero assumed the presidency.
He returned to Veracruz in October 1830 from Bordeaux, France, but was immediately sent back into exile by his enemies. He then went to New Orleans, where he published a manifesto against the government of Anastasio Bustamante.
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