Manuel Robles Pezuela | |
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Provisional President of Mexico by the Plan of Tacubaya |
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In office 24 December 1858 – 23 January 1859 |
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Preceded by | Félix Zuloaga |
Succeeded by | José Mariano Salas |
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Born | 23 May 1817 Guanajuato, Guanajuato |
Died | 23 March 1862 (aged 44) , Puebla |
Nationality | Mexican |
Political party | Conservative |
Manuel Robles Pezuela (23 May 1817– 23 March 1862). He was unconstitutional provisional President of Mexico from 1858 to 1859 on the conservative side in the Mexican War of the Reform, serving by appointment of a military junta in opposition to the constitutional President Benito Juárez, who was the head of the liberal party.
During the War of the French Intervention, Robles Pezuela was captured and shot under direct orders of Benito Juárez for siding with his enemy faction.