Manuel Arzú

Manuel Arzú
Manuel Arzú
Interim Governor of Nicaragua
	In office; 4 January 1825 – 2 April 1825
Preceded by	José Anacleto Ordóñez
Succeeded by	Manuel Antonio de la Cerda
Personal details
Born	Manuel Arzú y Delgado y Nájera; 1775; New Spain
Died	15 February 1835 (aged 59–60); Guatemala City, Federal Republic of Central America
Nationality	Mexican, Nicaraguan
Occupation	Military officer
Military service
Allegiance	Spanish Empire; Mexican Empire; Central America
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	Mexican annexation of El Salvador; Anacleto's rebellion; First Central American Civil War;

Manuel Arzú y Delgado y Nájera (1775 – 15 February 1835) was a Mexican and Nicaraguan military officer who held the position of interim governor of Nicaragua in 1825.

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Biography

Manuel Arzú y Delgado y Nájera was born in 1775 in New Spain. He served for the Spanish Empire as a military officer.^[1] In 1822, while serving for the First Mexican Empire, Arzú was placed in charge of a military force and was tasked with suppressing Salvadoran resistance to Mexican annexation. His forces captured San Salvador on 5 April 1822 and forced its defenders to abandon the city.^[2]

In 1824, while serving for the Federal Republic of Central America, Arzú commanded federal soldiers to crush a rebellion in Nicaragua led by José Anacleto Ordóñez. After he crushed the rebellion, he was named as Nicaragua's interim governor from 4 January 1825 until 2 April 1825, when he was replaced with Manuel Antonio de la Cerda.^[1]^[3]

He established Guatemala's first military academy.^[1]

References

[1]
Woodward Jr., Ralph Lee (15 March 2012). Rafael Carrera and the Emergence of the Republic of Guatemala, 1821–1871. University of Georgia Press. pp. 33–34. ISBN 9780820343600. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
[2]
Ayala Benítez, Luis Ernesto (2007). La Iglesia y la Independencia Política de Centro América: "El Caso de El Estado de El Salvador" (1808–1833) [The Church and the Political Independence of Central America: "The Case of the State of El Salvador (1808–1833)"]. Ecclesiastical History (in Spanish). Rome, Italy: Gregorian University Press. p. 143. ISBN 9788878391024. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
[3]
Bolaños Geyer, Enrique (2018). "La Independencia de Nicaragua" [The Independence of Nicaragua]. enriquebolanos.org (in Spanish). Nicaragua: Enrique Bolaños Biblioteca. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

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Woodward Jr., Ralph Lee (15 March 2012). Rafael Carrera and the Emergence of the Republic of Guatemala, 1821–1871. University of Georgia Press. pp. 33–34. ISBN 9780820343600. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

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Ayala Benítez, Luis Ernesto (2007). La Iglesia y la Independencia Política de Centro América: "El Caso de El Estado de El Salvador" (1808–1833) [The Church and the Political Independence of Central America: "The Case of the State of El Salvador (1808–1833)"]. Ecclesiastical History (in Spanish). Rome, Italy: Gregorian University Press. p. 143. ISBN 9788878391024. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[3] [3]
Bolaños Geyer, Enrique (2018). "La Independencia de Nicaragua" [The Independence of Nicaragua]. enriquebolanos.org (in Spanish). Nicaragua: Enrique Bolaños Biblioteca. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

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