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José María de los Dolores Francisco Germán del Espíritu Santo Bocanegra y Villalpando was a Mexican lawyer and statesman who was briefly interim president of Mexico in December 1829 during a coup attempt against president Vicente Guerrero.
Jose Maria Bocanegra (– 23 July 1862) was President of Mexico from 18 to 23 December 1829, succeeding Vicente Guerrero and preceding Pedro Velez.

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José María Bocanegra

3rd President of Mexico in 1829

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bocanegra and the second or maternal family name is Villalpando.

José María de los Dolores Francisco Germán del Espíritu Santo Bocanegra y Villalpando (Spanish pronunciation:[xosemaˈɾiaβokaˈneɣɾa]; 25 May 1787^[1] – 23 July 1862) was a Mexican lawyer and statesman who was briefly interim president of Mexico in December 1829 during a coup attempt against president Vicente Guerrero. He previously served in various government positions, including President of the Chamber of Deputies and as a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Zacatecas.

He was appointed interim president by congress while President Guerrero personally led his troops against the insurrection. Five days later the rebels stormed the National Palace and overthrew Bocanegra, upon which they set up an executive triumvirate led by Pedro Velez.

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Bocanegra graduated from the Colegio de San Ildefonso in Mexico City, becoming a lawyer. During the colonial peri

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Jose Maria Bocanegra (25 May 1787 – 23 July 1862) was President of Mexico from 18 to 23 December 1829, succeeding Vicente Guerrero and preceding Pedro Velez. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Mexico.

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Jose Maria Bocanegra was born in Labor de la Troje, Aguascalientes, New Spain in 1787, and he worked as a lawyer for the Audiencia and as a member of the College of Attorneys before becoming a deputy to the first Mexican Constituent Congress in 1824. He supported Agustin de Iturbide's ascent to the throne, but he opposed his absolutist nature. In 1826, Bocanegra entered the Chamber of Deputies, of which he served as President from 1826 to 1827. In 1829, he also served as Minister of Internal and External Relations under Guadalupe Victoria and Vicente Guerrero, and he became interim President during Anastasio Bustamante's rebellion against Guerrero. On 23 December 1829, the Mexican Army switched its support to Bustamante, and Bocanegra's presidency was withdrawn. He returned to being a lawyer, and he later served as Minister of the Treasury in

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José María Bocanegra was a Mexican lawyer and politician who was briefly interim president of Mexico in 1829.

Education

Bocanegra graduated from the Colegio de San Ildefonso in Mexico City, becoming a lawyer

Career

He was vice-president of the Committee of Charity of the Hospice for the Poor. He became a deputy to the first Mexican Constituent Congress in 1824. He supported Agustín de Iturbide"s ascent to the imperial throne (Plan de Iguala), but opposed his exercise of arbitrary power.

Bocanegra entered the Chamber of Deputies in 1827, and on 26 January 1829, President Guadalupe Victoria named him Minister of Internal and External Relations.

He continued to hold this position with the change of administration to Vicente Guerrero, until 1 April 1829. On 4 December 1829, Vice-President Anastasio Bustamante rose in revolt against Guerrero (Plan de Jalapa).

Guerrero received permission from Congress to take the field to combat the rebels. On 16 December 1829, Boc