Melchor Múzquiz

José Ventura Melchor Ciriaco de Ecay-Múzquiz y Arrieta (5 January 1790 – 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.

For the eponymous town sometimes known as simply as Melchor Múzquiz, see Santa Rosa de Múzquiz.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ecay-Múzquiz and the second or maternal family name is Arrieta.
Melchor Múzquiz
5th President of Mexico
In office
14 August – 24 December 1832
Vice PresidentAnastasio Bustamante
Preceded byAnastasio Bustamante
Succeeded byManuel Gómez Pedraza
1st Governor of the State of Mexico
In office
12 March 1831 – 12 March 1834
Preceded byLorenzo de Zavala
Succeeded byLorenzo de Zavala
In office
27 September 1824 – 8 March 1827
Preceded byManuel Gómez Pedraza
Succeeded byLorenzo de Zavala
In office
2 – 4 March 1824
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byManuel Gómez Pedraza
Personal details
Born(1790-01-05)5 January 1790
Santa Rosa, New Spain
(now Melchor Múzquiz City, Coahuila, Mexico)
Died14 December 1844(1844-12-14) (aged 54)
Mexico City
Nationality Mexican
New Spanish (prior to 1821)
SpouseJoaquina Bezares

Múzquiz played an active role in attempting to suppress the revolt, but revolution would succeed and Múzquiz was forced to step down on December, 1832 in favor of the insurgents' choice for president: Manuel Gomez Pedraza.

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