Valentin Canalizo (12 February 1795 – 20 February 1850) was President of Mexico from 4 October 1843 to 4 June 1844 (interrupting Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's terms) and from 21 September to 6 December 1844 (interrupting Jose Joaquin de Herrera's terms). He was a Conservative Party of Mexico member.
Biography[]
Valentin Canalizo was born in Monterrey, New Spain in 1795, and he served in the royalist army during the Mexican War of Independence before joining Agustin de Iturbide's monarchist army in 1821. After independence, he served as an aide to Jose Joaquin de Herrera during the Jalisco campaign, and he was a part of the court which sentenced Vicente Guerrero to death in 1831. In 1833, he took over Oaxaca in a revolt which was supportive of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, and he served as Governor of Oaxaca and Mexico under the centralist government. From 1835 to 1841, he fought against the Liberal Party of Mexico, and he broke the siege of Acapulco. In 1841, Santa Anna promoted him to Brigadier-General, and Santa Anna had him serve as President from 1843 to 1844, and he served again in 1844. In 1846, he became Minister of War under President Valentin Gomez Farias, and he commanded the Eastern Division of the Mexican Army during the Mexican-American War. He died in 1850.