Mariano Rivera Paz

Mariano Rivera Paz ( * September 24, 1804 in Guatemala City, † February 26, 1849 in Sampaquisoy, Jalapa, Guatemala ) was twice Guatemalan President.

Life

Mariano Rivera studied law at the Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala. Despite outstanding performances, however, he did not complete the study. Nevertheless, he held in the following years several important functions in the Municipality of Guatemala City and the administration of the province of Guatemala.

Political career

Presidency

In 1838 the troops of the conservative military leader Rafael Carrera conquered Guatemala City and forced the Liberal leader Mariano Gálvez to resign. Shortly thereafter, also joined the first Incoming Deputy Gálvez ', Pedro José Valenzuela, back. Then was elected president of the province of Guatemala on July 29, 1838, the conservative Rivera. He reigned for six years, with two interruptions ( January 30 to April 13 in 1839 and December 14, 1841 to May 14, 1842). Yet his government owed ​​its existence largely to the support of the troops Carreras.

Under the government of the province of Guatemala Rivera said on December 3, 1839 their withdrawal from the Central American confederation and was de facto an independent state (although the formal declaration on "the Republic of Guatemala " only eight years later, on March 21, 1847). Rivera was the first president of an independent Guatemala. However, in view of empty state coffers and the resulting lack of due payments to pay Carreras soldiers came at the end 1844 to disagreements between Rivera and Carrera. Then Rivera announced his resignation and Carrera followed him in office.

Subsequent functions

Mariano Rivera in 1846 was elected first mayor of Guatemala City and two years later became chief administrator ( corregidor ) of the department of Guatemala. 1849 appointed him President Paredes to the administrative head of the department of Jutiapa, with the aim of " pacify " this Department to. On the way to office, he was - together with the new administrative head of the department of Jalapa Gregorio Orantes - brutally murdered in the village Sampaquisoy of the assassins Roberto Reyes and Agustín Pérez.