Manuel Robles Pezuela

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Manuel Robles
Manuel Robles Pezuela
In office
December 24, 1858 – January 21, 1859
Preceded by Félix Zuloaga
Succeeded by Félix Zuloaga

Born 1817
Guanajuato, Guanajuato
Died 1862
Ciudad Serdán, Puebla
Nationality Mexican
Political party Conservative

Manuel Robles Pezuela (18171862) was acting President of Mexico from 1858 to 1859 on the reactionary ("conservative") side in the Mexican War of the Reform, serving by appointment of a military junta in opposition to the constitutional President, Benito Juárez.

During the War of the French Intervention, Robles was captured and shot as a traitor for siding with the invaders.[1]


Preceded by
Félix Zuloaga
Acting President of Mexico
1859–1860
Succeeded by
Félix Zuloaga