Luis de Cortazar was a
governor
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
of the
Mexican state of
Guanajuato (26 August 1837 to October 1839).
Cortazar had a nearly four decades political and military career marked by switching of sides. Luis' brother Manuel, a lawyer, had an important and equally checkered career that lasted almost five decades.
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Governors of Guanajuato
19th-century Mexican people