Manuel Arzú

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arzú and the second or maternal family name is Delgado y Nájera.
Manuel Arzú
Interim Governor of Nicaragua
In office
4 January 1825 – 2 April 1825
Preceded byJosé Anacleto Ordóñez
Succeeded byManuel Antonio de la Cerda
Personal details
Born
Manuel Arzú y Delgado y Nájera

1775
New Spain
Died15 February 1835(1835-02-15) (aged 59–60)
Guatemala City, Federal Republic of Central America
NationalityMexican, Nicaraguan
OccupationMilitary officer
Military service
Allegiance Spanish Empire
Mexican Empire
Central America
RankColonel
Battles/wars

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.

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. ^ a b c 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.