Manuel Gonz%C3%A1lez Flores

Manuel del Refugio Gonzlez Flores was a military general and Mexican liberal politician who served as the 36th president of Mexico . Before initiating his presidential career, Gonzlez played important roles in the MexicanAmerican war as a lieutenant, and later in the Reform War as general, in the service of the Conservative Party. Gonzlez was also governor of Michoacn and Guanajuato and served as Secretary of War and Navy from 1878 to 1879.

Gonzlez was born in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He began his military career in 1847, fighting the invaders from the United States after they killed his father, a farmer. From 1853 to 1855 he fought with the Conservative forces supporting General Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna. At the time of the Plan de Ayutla in 1854, he was with Conservative General Leonardo Mrquez in Oaxaca, fighting against Liberal Porfirio Daz.

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