Miguel Barbachano

Mexican politician (1807-1859)
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Miguel Barbachano y Tarrazo (San Francisco de Campeche; September 29, 1807 - Mérida; December 17, 1859) was a liberal politician Mexican, five times Governor of Yucatan between 1841 and 1853. He alternated in power with Santiago Méndez Ibarra, who represented the interests campechanos versus those of Mérida, Yucatán that were represented by the group of Miguel Barbachano, during the conflicting years prior to the split of the state of Yucatan by the separation of Campeche and just at the beginning of the so-called caste war, which was staged in the Yucatan Peninsula from 1847 to 1901.

Miguel Barbachano y Tarrazo
4nd President of the Republic of Yucatán and Governor of Yucatán
In office
October 3, 1847 – July 14, 1848
Preceded byDomingo Barret
Succeeded bynone
Personal details
Born
Miguel Barbachano y Tarrazo

29 September 1807
Campeche, New Spain
Died17 December 1859(1859-12-17) (aged 52)
NationalityMexican
Spouse(s)
Feliciana Camara
(m. 1841)
Maria del Pilar Quijano
(m. 1851)
OccupationPolitician