- Pedro Vélez
Infobox_President | name=José Pedro Vélez
nationality=Mexican
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| order= 4thPresident of Mexico
term_start=December 23 ,1829
term_end=December 31 ,1829
predecessor=José María Bocanegra
successor=Anastasio Bustamante
birth_date=birth date|1787|7|28|mf=y
birth_place=Zacatecas,Zacatecas
dead=dead
death_date=death date and age|1848|8|5|1787|7|28|mf=y
death_place=Mexico City
spouse=
party=
vicepresident=José Pedro Vélez (Zacatecas, Zac.,
July 28 ,1787 –August 5 ,1848 inMexico City ) was a Mexican politician and lawyer. He was also interimpresident of Mexico briefly in 1829.Vélez was born into a well-to-do family. He studied in Zacatecas and Mexico City, becoming a lawyer.
He occupied the post of justice minister and minister of religious affairs. He also became head of the Supreme Court (in succession to
Miguel Domínguez ) during the presidency ofVicente Guerrero . Guerrero temporarily left the presidency toJosé María Bocanegra in 1829 to combat a rebellion in Jalapa,Veracruz , but Bocanegra was overthrown within a week (Plan de Jalapa ). The Council of Government named a Supreme Executive Authority to occupy the presidency temporarily. As president of the Supreme Court, Vélez was named to lead this triumvirate, which also included GeneralLuis de Quintanar and historianLucas Alamán , leaders of the rebellion against Bocanegra. Quintanar was a strong supporter ofAnastasio Bustamante , leader of the Plan de Jalapa against Guerrero and Guerrero's former vice-president.Vélez was president between December 23 and 31, after which Bustamante assumed the presidency.
Thereafter Vélez retired to private life and the exercise of the legal profession. He again presided in the Supreme Court of Justice in 1844 and in January to April 1846. He died in
Mexico City onAugust 5 ,1848 .There is a city called Pedro Vélez in the state of
Durango .ources
*es icon "Vélez, Pedro," "Enciclopedia de México", v. 14. Mexico City, 1996, ISBN 1-56409-016-7.
*es icon Cosío Villegas, Daniel. "Historia General de México", El Colegio de México, México, 1976, ISBN 968-12-0969-9 [http://www.presidentesdemexico.com.mx]
*es icon García Puron, Manuel, "México y sus gobernantes", v. 2. Mexico City: Joaquín Porrúa, 1984.
*es icon Orozco Linares, Fernando, "Gobernantes de México". Mexico City: Panorama Editorial, 1985, ISBN 968-38-0260-5.External links
*es icon [http://www.familiavirtual.com.mx/papeleria/presidentes/pres3.html Brief biography]
*es icon [http://www.archontology.org/nations/mex/mex2/01_poder_ejec_1830.php Brief account of the Supreme Executive Authority]
* [http://www.archontology.org/nations/mex/mex2/velez.php Brief biography]
*es icon [http://200.38.86.53/NR/exeres/1B4603CF-EF4B-48F3-9B6F-F510AB3AB159,frameless.htm Presidents of the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice]
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