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Mariano Riva Palacio

Mariano Riva Palacio
Governor of the State of Mexico
In office
29 September 1869 – 18 October 1870
Preceded byAntonio Zimbrón
Succeeded byValentín Gómez Tagle
In office
6 January 1857 – 4 July 1857
Preceded byPlutarco González
Succeeded byFrancisco Iturbe
In office
31 August 1849 – 3 May 1852
Preceded byMariano Arizcorreta
Succeeded byLuis Madrid
Minister of Finance
In office
June 1848 – August 1848
Minister of Justice
In office
1851–1851
Personal details
Born(1803-11-04)4 November 1803[1]
Mexico City
Died20 February 1880(1880-02-20) (aged 76)[1]
Mexico City, Mexico
ProfessionLawyer

Mariano Riva Palacio Díaz[a] (4 November 1803 – 20 February 1880) was a Mexican politician and lawyer during most of the 19th century.

He was born in Mexico City to Esteban de la Riva Palacio and María Dolores Díaz[1] and married Dolores Guerrero Hernández, daughter of Gen. Vicente Guerrero, one of the most prominent leaders of the Mexican War of Independence.[1] With Dolores he had 6 children, including the politician and writer Vicente Riva Palacio and daughter María Rosa Riva Palacio, who went on to marry the general and politician, Ignacio Zaragoza. Mariano served as a city councilor for Mexico City (1829), federal congressman (1833), minister of justice (1851), minister of finance (June–August 1848) and was elected thrice governor of the State of Mexico (1849, 1857, 1871).[1]

He was also the lawyer appointed to defend the deposed Emperor Maximilian.

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References

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  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Riva Palacio and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.
  1. ^ a b c d e Benson Latin American Collection (U. Texas). "Inventory of the Mariano Riva Palacio Collection". Archived from the original on 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2008-06-11.


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