Vicente Guerrero
A painting of Vicente Guerrero.
2nd President of Mexico
In office April 1, 1829 – December 17, 1829
Vice President	Anastasio Bustamante
Preceded by	Guadalupe Victoria
Succeeded by	José María Bocanegra
Born	August 10, 1782 (1782-08-10) Tixtla (modern-day Guerrero)
Died	February 14, 1831 (aged 48) Cuilapan, Oaxaca

Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña (August 10, 1782 – February 14, 1831) was the 2nd President of Mexico and one of the leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence, who fought against Spain for independence in the early 19th century. The Constitutional Citizen President of the United Mexican States (the official title in Spanish is Ciudadano Presidente Constitucional de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Anastasio Bustamante y Oseguera ( Jiquilpan, Michoacán, July 27, 1780 &ndash February 6, 1853 in San Miguel de Allende Guadalupe Victoria, born José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix ( September 29, 1786 - March 21, 1843) was a Mexican José María Bocanegra ( Labor de la Troje, Aguascalientes July 3, 1787 &mdash July 23, 1862 in San Ángel Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Tixtla (formally Tixtla de Guerrero) is a town in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The State of Guerrero is a state in the southern meridional region of Mexico. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Cuilapan de Guerrero is a town in the state of Oaxaca, located 10 km south of the city of Oaxaca on the highway heading toward Zaachila. The Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), in Spanish phonemically /oa'xaka/ named for its largest city, is one of the Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a First Mexican Empire (1822-1823 Presidents of Mexico (1824-1864 Between the time of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide's abdication ( March 19, 1823 The Mexican War of Independence (1810 - 1821 was an armed conflict between the people of Mexico and Spanish colonial authorities which started on September 16 1810 Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. He was also the grandfather of the Mexican politician and intellectual Vicente Riva Palacio. Vicente Riva Palacio y Guerrero ( October 16, 1832 – November 22, 1896) was a Mexican politician essayist novelist and historian

Guerrero was born in the town of Tixtla, 100 kilometers inland from the port of Acapulco, in the Sierra Madre del Sur. Tixtla (formally Tixtla de Guerrero) is a town in the Mexican state of Guerrero. Acapulco (Officially Acapulco de Juárez) is a City and major sea port in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast The Sierra Madre del Sur is a Mountain range in southern Mexico, extending 1000 km from southern Michoacán east through Guerrero, to the His ancestry was obscure and rather uncertain (he probably had spanish, criollo, mestizo, amerindian and african heritage), as well as his family social background. His father Pedro Guerrero was a supporter of the Spanish Crown, however Vicente was a patriot and opposed the Spanish colonial government. When his father asked him for his sword in order to present it to the New Spain Viceroy as a sign of goodwill and capitulation he denied by saying the words: "The will of my father is for me sacred, but my Motherland is first". "My Motherland is first" is the actual lemma (motto) of the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, named in his honor. The State of Guerrero is a state in the southern meridional region of Mexico.

Guerrero joined in the early revolt against Spain in 1810, first fighting alongside José María Morelos. José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón ( September 30, 1765, Valladolid now Morelia Michoacán – December 22, 1815, San Cristóbal When the War of Independence began, Guerrero was working as a gunsmith in Tixtla. He joined the rebellion in November, 1810 and enlisted in a division that independence leader José Maria Morelos had organized to fight in southern Mexico. Guerrero distinguished himself in the battle of Izúcar, in February 1812, and had achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel, when Oaxaca was claimed by rebels in November of 1812.

Following the capture and execution of Morelos in late 1815, Guerrero joined forces with Guadalupe Victoria and Isidoro Montes de Oca (a Mexican general of Filipino origin), taking command the rebel troops. Guadalupe Victoria, born José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix ( September 29, 1786 - March 21, 1843) was a Mexican Filipinos or the Filipino people are the citizens of the Philippines. He remained the only major rebel leader still at large, keeping the rebellion going through an extensive campaign of guerrilla warfare. He won victories at Ajuchitán, Santa Fe, Tetela del Río, Huetamo, Tlalchapa and Cuautlotitlán, regions of southern Mexico that were very familiar to him.

Once Mexico achieved independence, he at first collaborated with Agustín de Iturbide, who proposed that the two join forces under what he referred to as the Three Guarantees. Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu ( September 27, 1783 &ndash July 19, 1824) was Emperor of Mexico as Augustin Iturbide's professed belief in these ideological mandates - that Mexico be made an independent constitutional monarchy, the abolition of class distinctions between Spaniards, creoles, mestizos and Indians, and that Catholicism be made the state religion - earned Gurerrero's support, and, after marching into the capital on September 27, 1821, Iturbide was proclaimed Emperor of Mexico by the Congress. However, when Iturbide's policies supported the interests of Mexico's wealthy land-owners through continued economic exploitation of the poor and working classes, Guerrero turned against him and came out in favor of a Republic with the Plan of Casa Mata. The Plan of Casa Mata (Spanish Plan de Casa Mata) was formulated to abolish the Monarchy in Mexico and to establish a Republic.

When the conservative Manuel Gómez Pedraza won the election to succeed Guadalupe Victoria as president, Guerrero, with the aid of general Antonio López de Santa Anna, staged a coup d'état and took the presidency on April 1, 1829. Manuel Gómez Pedraza ( Querétaro, April 22, 1789 &ndash May 14, 1851 in Mexico City) was a Mexican general Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón ( February 21, 1794 &ndash June 21, 1876) often known as Santa The most notable achievement of Guerrero's short term as president was ordering an immediate abolition of slavery and emancipation of all slaves.

Guerrero was deposed in a rebellion under Vice-president Anastasio Bustamante that began on December 4, 1829. Anastasio Bustamante y Oseguera ( Jiquilpan, Michoacán, July 27, 1780 &ndash February 6, 1853 in San Miguel de Allende He left the capital to fight the rebels, but was deposed by the Mexico City garrison in his absence on December 17, 1829. Guerrero hoped to come back to power, but General Bustamante captured him through bribery and had him executed.

After his death, Mexicans loyal to Guerrero revolted, driving Bustamante from his presidency and forcing him to flee for his life. Picaluga, a former friend of Guerrero, who conspired with Bustamante to capture Guerrero, was executed.

Honors were conferred on surviving members of Guerrero's family, and a pension was paid to his widow. In 1842, Vicente Guerrero's body was returned to Mexico City and interred there.

Legacy

Guerrero is a national hero of Mexico. A hero (from Greek grc ἥρως hērōs) in Greek mythology and Folklore, was originally a Demigod, the offspring of a mortal and In his honour, the state of Guerrero is named after him. The State of Guerrero is a state in the southern meridional region of Mexico.

See also

• History of Mexico
• List of Presidents of Mexico

External links

• Vicente Guerrero: An Inventory of His Collection at the Benson Latin American Collection
• (Spanish) Alfredo Ávila: Vicente Guerrero, un presidente republicano
• Vicente Guerrero on Mexconnect.com
• Guerrero on gob.mex/kids
• Guerrero on Creole Culture site
• [1] Letters about Vicente Guerrero hosted by the Portal to Texas History. Mexico is a country in North America and the largest Spanish -speaking country in the world First Mexican Empire (1822-1823 Presidents of Mexico (1824-1864 Between the time of Emperor Agustín de Iturbide's abdication ( March 19, 1823