Manuel Gómez Pedraza (22 April 1789 – 14 May 1851) was a Mexican general and president of his country from 1832 to 1833.Born into the upper middle class Gómez Pedraza was a student at the time of the Grito de Dolores (Cry of Independence) from Spain in 1810. He enlisted in the royalist army under General Félix María Calleja del Rey and became a lieutenant. He fought the Mexican insurgents during the War of Independence and contributed to the capture of José María Morelos.
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