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Valentín Gómez Farías ( Spanish pronunciation: [balenˈtiŋ ˈɡomes faˈɾias]; 14 February 1781 – 5 July 1858) was a Mexican physician and liberal politician who became president of Mexico twice, first from 1833 to 1834, during the period of the First Mexican Republic, and again from 1846 to 1847, during the Mexican–American War.
José María Valentín Gómez Farías (Guadalajara, Nueva Galicia; 14 de febrero de 1781 - Ciudad de México, 5 de julio de 1858) fue un médico y político mexicano que se desempeñó como presidente de México en cinco ocasiones.
Valentín Gómez Farías (born Feb. 14, 1781, Guadalajara, Mex.—died July 5, 1858, Mexico City) was the leader of Mexican liberalism in the mid-19th century, notable for his social reforms of 1833–34, which earned him the enmity of the clergy, the army, and the gentry.
Gómez Farías exercised presidential power as vice president under Santa Anna during the war with the United States in 1846–1847. When he sought to nationalize church property to pay for the war, the militia of Mexico City launched the "Rebellion of the Polkos" (1847), and Santa Anna reassumed the presidency.
Valentín Gómez Farías was a Mexican physician and liberal politician who became president of Mexico twice, first from 1833 to 1834, during the period of the First Mexican Republic, and again from 1846 to 1847, during the Mexican–American War.
Valentín Gómez Farías nació en Guadalajara, jalisco, el 14 de febrero de 1781 y falleció el 5 de julio de 1858 en la Ciudad de México. Este personaje se desempeñó como médico, diputado, sacerdote, vicepresidente de México, presidente e historiador.
Valentín Gómez Farías. (Guadalajara, 1781 - México, 1858) Político mexicano. Catedrático de la Universidad de Guadalajara y médico en ejercicio, fue precursor del liberalismo y acudió a las Cortes españolas que se reunieron en Cádiz en 1812 para deliberar sobre el texto de la Constitución Política de la Monarquía Española.
