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Melchor Múzquiz

1790 - 1844

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José Ventura Melchor Ciriaco de Ecay-Múzquiz y Arrieta (6 April 1788 – 14 December 1844) was a Mexican soldier and politician who became the 5th President of Mexico after president Anastasio Bustamante stepped down to personally lead his armies against an 1832 insurgency known as the Plan of Veracruz. Múzquiz played an active role in attempting to suppress the revolt, but revolution would succeed and Múzquiz was forced to step down in December 1832 in favor of the insurgents' choice for president: Manuel Gomez Pedraza. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Melchor Múzquiz is the 14,045th most popular politician (down from 13,646th in 2019), the 219th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 212th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Mexican Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Melchor Múzquiz ranks 14,045 out of 19,576Before him are Lucius Aelius Lamia, Adolfo Díaz, Pierre Dartout, José María Gil-Robles, Dimitar Grekov, and Song Renqiong. After him are Thomas Preljubović, Stefanos Dragoumis, Alexandros Koumoundouros, Kikkia, Vima Takto, and Tang Jiaxuan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, Melchor Múzquiz ranks 43Before him are Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella, Ferenc Kölcsey, Ludwig Emil Grimm, Claude Pouillet, Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, and Ignaz von Rudhart. After him are William Davies Evans, Nassau William Senior, Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer, Tommaso Grossi, Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz, and John Ross. Among people deceased in 1844, Melchor Múzquiz ranks 37Before him are Alexander von Benckendorff, Vincenzo Camuccini, Gustav Hugo, Carl Bernhard von Trinius, Jacob Aall, and Gaetano Savi. After him are José Rondeau, Abel P. Upshur, Sándor Kisfaludy, Princess Sophia of Gloucester, Domingo Nieto, and Thomas Campbell.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Melchor Múzquiz ranks 219 out of 729Before him are Canelo Álvarez (1990), Rafael Osuna (1938), Juan O'Gorman (1905), Tenoch (1299), Cristóbal Ortega (1956), and Arturo Márquez (1950). After him are Pedro Vélez (1787), Maite Perroni (1983), Juan Carreño (1909), Kate del Castillo (1972), Alfredo Hernández (1935), and Lola Beltrán (1932).

Among POLITICIANS In Mexico

Among politicians born in Mexico, Melchor Múzquiz ranks 75Before him are Sergio Pitol (1933), Manuel de la Peña y Peña (1789), José Mariano Salas (1797), Miguel Barragán (1789), Eulalio Gutiérrez (1881), and Tenoch (1299). After him are Pedro Vélez (1787), Andrés Quintana Roo (1787), Mariano Paredes (1797), Valentín Canalizo (1794), Félix María Zuloaga (1813), and Eight Deer Jaguar Claw (1063).