Manuel Requena

Manuel Requena
Portrait photo of Manuel Requena
Acting Mayor of Los Angeles
In office
September 22, 1856 – October 4, 1856
Preceded byStephen Clark Foster
Succeeded byJohn G. Nichols
Personal details
Born1802
Yucatán, Mexico
Died1876
Political partyRepublican

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 1st Republican Mayor of Los Angeles.