Manuel Robles Pezuela

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.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Robles and the second or maternal family name is Pezuela.
Manuel Robles Pezuela
Provisional 28th President of Mexico
by the Plan of Tacubaya
In office
24 December 1858 – 23 January 1859
Preceded byFélix Zuloaga
Succeeded byJosé Mariano Salas
Personal details
Born23 May 1817
Guanajuato, Guanajuato
Died23 March 1862 (aged 44)
Ciudad Serdán, Puebla
NationalityMexican
Political partyConservative

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.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-02-29. Retrieved 2008-03-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Preceded by
Félix Zuloaga		 Provisional President of Mexico
24 December 1858 – 23 January 1859		 Succeeded by
José Mariano Salas


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