- Ignacio Comonfort
Infobox_President | name=Ignacio Comonfort
nationality=Mexican
term_start=September 15 ,1855
term_end=January 21 ,1858
order=President of Mexico
predecessor=Juan Álvarez
successor=Benito Juárez
birth_date=birth date|1812|3|12|mf=y
birth_place=Puebla,Puebla
dead=dead
death_date=death date and age|1863|11|3|1812|3|12|mf=y
death_place=
spouse=
party=Liberal
vicepresident=Benito Juárez Ignacio Comonfort (1812 – 1863) was a Mexican politician and military officer.
He was born in 1812 in
Puebla de los Ángeles , in the state ofPuebla , to French parents. He participated in theMexican-American War . He was President of Mexico fromSeptember 15 ,1855 toJanuary 21 ,1858 . During his term aspresident ,Benito Juárez served as both president of the Supreme Court and vice-president of Mexico.During Comonfort's administration, the country descended into the
War of the Reform , a civil war launched by reactionaries against theConstitution of 1857 which, among other things, had abolished privileges for the Catholic church.Shortly after the adoption of the Constitution of 1857, a junta of generals staged a coup d'etat, proclaiming the
Plan de Tacubaya which decreed the nullification of the Constitution. President Comonfort, representing himself as a moderate, wavered but decided to go along with the generals. In exchange, the Catholic Church repealed the March 1857 excommunication decree for those who adhered to the new plan.On December 17th, 1857, anti-constitutional forces led by General Felix Zuloaga took control of the capital without firing a shot. But defenders of the 1857 Constitution did not stay calm for long. President Comonfort then decreed himself extraordinary powers, an action which alienated both the reactionary rebels as well as the constitutionalists. As unrest grew, many opponents were imprisoned or shot. Even vice president
Benito Juárez was put behind bars for several days.On January 11, 1858, General Zuloaga demanded the ouster of the President. Comonfort resigned, and his vice president, Benito Juárez assumed the presidency. In opposition, the junta of generals and Catholic clergy selected General Zuloaga as their president.
After seeking asylum in the United States, Comonfort returned to act again as a general against the French invasion in 1862. He died next year on November 13, after been attacked by a group of bandits.
ee also
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List of Presidents of Mexico External links
* [http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=553 Historical Text Archive: "Comonfort, Ignacio" By Kindra Cowan]
External links
* [http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/]
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