Manuel Requena | |
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.jpg) Portrait photo of Manuel Requena | |
| Acting Mayor of Los Angeles | |
| In office September 22, 1856 – October 4, 1856 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Clark Foster |
| Succeeded by | John G. Nichols |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1802 Yucatán, Mexico |
| Died | 1876 |
| Political party | Republican |
Manuel Requena (1802–1876) was a Yucatán-born Californio politician who served multiple terms as Alcalde of Los Angeles (Mayor of Los Angeles). Requena became active in Los Angeles politics in the 1830s, during the Mexican era, and continued serving after the American Conquest of California until his death in the 1850s. He was the first Republican mayor of Los Angeles.