Guadalupe Victoria

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Guadalupe Victoria (Miguel Fernández Félix )
President of Mexico
Order: 1st President
Term of office: October 10, 1824 to
March 31, 1829
Preceded by: None
Pedro Celestino Negrete (Ordered of the Executive Authority)
Date of birth: September 29,1786
Birthplace: Tamazula, Durango
Date of death: March 21, 1843
Place of death: Perote, Veracruz
Profession: Lawyer
Political party: None

Guadalupe Victoria, born Miguel Fernández Félix in the state of Durango, Mexico, was the first President of Mexico from 1824 to 1829.

Born in Tamazula, Durango he studied Law in the Colegio de San Ildefonso. In 1811 he joined the revolution proclaimed by Miguel Hidalgo and fought under José María Morelos y Pavón. After Morelos' execution he fought in Oaxaca and Veracruz.

After his defeat near the town of Palmillas, Veracruz, he remained hidden in the mountains till Agustín de Iturbide and Vicente Guerrero issued the Plan de Iguala, which called for an independent country under an European Monarch. Firmly Republican, he supported Antonio López de Santa Anna and signed the Plan de Casa Mata with the purpose to overthrow then Emperor Iturbide.

He became the first president of the new country after the overthrow of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide. Victoria chose his new name for symbolic significance: Guadalupe to give thanks for the protection of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and Victoria which means Victory.

During his tenure he abolished slavery, established the Colegio Militar ("Military Academy"), signed a diplomatic Treaty with the United Kingdom, and expelled Spanish citizens unloyal to the government of the new country. He also was the first President to repeat Miguel Hidalgo's Grito de Dolores.

He died of Epilepsy in Perote, Veracruz in 1843 where he was interred. In August 25, 1845 he was declared Benemérito de la Patria ("Father of the Motherland") by the Mexican Congress. In 1925 his remains were moved to the mausoleum at the base of El Angel de la Independecia in Mexico City.



Preceded by:
(none)
President of Mexico
1824–1829
Succeeded by:
Vicente Guerrero

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