Juan Alvarez

About

After fighting in the Mexican War of Independence, the Mexican-American War, and several other major military conflicts, he served during the year 1855 as Mexico's interim President.

Before Fame

Before joining the fight for Mexican independence in his early twenties, he was employed as a cowboy and farmhand.

Trivia

He was instrumental in bringing about a 19th-century liberal period in Mexican history called La Reforma.

Family Life

The son of a Spanish-born ranchero and a wealthy Mexican mother, he spent his youth in Atoyac de Alvarez and Mexico City, Mexico.

Associated With

In 1854, Alvarez led a revolution that accomplished Benito Juarez's objective of ending the dictatorship of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.