Juan Álvarez

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Juan Nepomuceno Álvarez Hurtado (27 January 1790 – 21 August 1867), generally known as Juan Álvarez, was a Mexican general, federalist caudillo, a principal sponsor of the state of Guerrero and its first governor, and interim president of Mexico from 4 October to 11 December 1855. In a military career of more than fifty years he fought from the Mexican War of Independence through the war against the French-backed Second Mexican Empire and was the last veteran of independence to occupy the presidency. During the independence era, he fought under José María Morelos and Vicente Guerrero on the Costa Grande and remained Guerrero’s principal lieutenant until his overthrow and execution. Guerrero's forces, made up of racially diverse peasants from the Costa Grande and Tierra Caliente passed to him and remained the core of his power. With that force he became the regional commander of the Revolution of Ayutla, which brought him to the presidency. His two-month government installed a cabinet that...

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