Antonio López de Santa Anna belongs to the political record as a figure whose decisions outlasted the moment that produced them.
The record lists Antonio López de Santa Anna as Mexican politician and military leader (1794-1876).
Antonio López de Santa Anna was born at Xalapa in 1794. His recorded nationality is Mexico.
Revolution and constitution-writing defined this period; the question of who counts as a citizen was opened and only partly answered.
The record of office reads: President of Mexico (1833–1833), Governor of Yucatán and President of Mexico (1833–1833).
His political affiliation is recorded as Liberal Party.
His name is attached above all to ostentatious and dictatorial style of rule and use of the military to dissolve Mexico's Congress on several occasions. Political reputations are settled slowly, and rarely by the people who made them.
Recognition followed: Order of Charles III (1843).
That the career was made in Mexico is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Antonio López de Santa Anna died in 1876, aged 82. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- President of Mexico (1833–1833)
- Governor of Yucatán
- President of Mexico (1833–1833)
- President of Mexico (1833–1833)
- Order of Charles III — 1843
