Valentín Gómez Farías
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 7th President of Mexico |
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In office 1 April 1833 – 16 May 1833 |
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| Vice President | Himself |
| Preceded by | Manuel Gómez Pedraza |
| Succeeded by | Antonio López de Santa Anna |
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In office 3 June 1833 – 18 June 1833 |
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| Vice President | Himself |
| Preceded by | Antonio López de Santa Anna |
| Succeeded by | Antonio López de Santa Anna |
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In office 5 July 1833 – 27 October 1833 |
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| Vice President | Himself |
| Preceded by | Antonio López de Santa Anna |
| Succeeded by | Antonio López de Santa Anna |
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In office 16 December 1833 – 24 April 1834 |
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| Vice President | Himself |
| Preceded by | Antonio López de Santa Anna |
| Succeeded by | Antonio López de Santa Anna |
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In office 23 December 1846 – 21 March 1847 |
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| Vice President | Himself |
| Preceded by | José Mariano Salas |
| Succeeded by | Antonio López de Santa Anna |
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In office 1 April 1833 – 26 January 1835 |
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| Vice President | Himself (3 times) Antonio López de Santa Anna (3 times) |
| Preceded by | Anastasio Bustamante |
| Succeeded by | Nicolás Bravo |
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In office 23 December 1846 – 1 April 1847 |
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| Vice President | Himself Antonio López de Santa Anna |
| Preceded by | Nicolás Bravo |
| Succeeded by | Ramón Corral |
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14 February 1781 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Died | 5 July 1858 (aged 77) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Isabel López |
Valentín Gómez Farías (Spanish pronunciation: [balenˈtiŋ ˈɡomes faˈɾias]; 14 February 1781 – 5 July 1858) was the President of Mexico for five short periods in the 1830s and 1840s. During his term in 1833, he enacted significant liberal reforms that were aimed at undermining the power of the Roman Catholic Church and the army in Mexico.
Valentín Gómez Farías was trained as a medical doctor and was one of the most important liberal politicians figures in early independent Mexico. In the immediate aftermath of Mexican independence in 1821, Gómez Farías had initially supported Agustín de Iturbide as constitutional monarch of Mexico, but withdrew his support when Iturbide abolished the new congress of Mexico. After Iturbide's abdication, Gómez Farías was active in the congress of the Republic of Mexico, established in 1824. He emerged as a leader of the radical liberals (puros) and allied with General Antonio López de Santa Anna. The first presidency of Santa Anna from 1833 to 1836 was a temporary victory for the Mexican Liberals and Gómez Farías; Santa Anna preferred simply holding the title of president rather than actually serving as president. With President Santa Anna residing at his estate in Veracruz and uninterested in administering his government, the actual executive duties fell to Vice-President Gómez Farías, who used this power to sponsor liberal reforms, specifically targeting the army and the Roman Catholic Church. He abolished the special privileges of the Church and army (fueros), which allowed them to be tried in separate courts; secularized education which had been in the hands of the clergy; and sought to undermine the Church's economic power. Gómez Farías also sought to extend these reforms to the frontier province of Alta California. He promoted legislation to secularize the Franciscan missions there, and in 1833 organized the Híjar-Padrés colony to bolster non-mission settlement. A secondary goal of the colony was to help defend Alta California against perceived Russian colonial ambitions from the trading post at Fort Ross.
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