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Anastasio Bustamante

1780–1853 · 19th century

Anastasio Bustamante was a Mexican general and conservative politician who served as president of Mexico three times between 1830 and 1841. His second term fell in the centralist period, when Mexico faced the Texas Revolution, the French blockade of the Pastry War and federalist revolts in the north. He was overthrown in 1841 by Antonio López de Santa Anna.

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Centralist Republic of Mexico

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Anastasio Bustamante. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/anastasio-bustamante
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