Manuel Robles Pezuela

Manuel Robles Pezuela
Provisional 28th President of Mexico
by the Plan of Tacubaya
In office
24 December 1858 – 23 January 1859
Preceded byFélix Zuloaga
Succeeded byJosé Mariano Salas
Minister of War and Marine
In office
16 Jan 1851 – 18 Jun 1852
PresidentMariano Arista
Personal details
Born23 May 1817
Guanajuato, Guanajuato
Died23 March 1862 (aged 44)
Ciudad Serdán, Puebla
NationalityMexican
Political partyConservative

Manuel Robles Pezuela (23 May 1817 – 23 March 1862) was a military engineer, military commander, and eventually interim president of Mexico during a civil war, the War of Reform, being waged between conservatives and liberals, in which he served as president of the Conservatives, in opposition to President Benito Juarez, head of the Liberals.

He was a known moderate, and his administration was marked by failed efforts to come to a compromise with the liberals. The Conservatives lost the war in 1860, and only two years later, Robles attempted to join General Almonte's efforts to aid the French during the Second French Intervention, but was captured en route by the liberal government, and executed.