Valentín Gómez Farías

President of Mexico

14 February 1781 Guadalajara, New Kingdom of Galicia, New Spain

5 July 1858(1858-07-05) (77) Mexico City, Mexico

1 April 1833 – 16 May 1833

President of Mexico "Gómez Farías" redirects here. For other uses, see Gómez Farías (disambiguation). In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Farías. Valentín Gómez Farías (Spanish pronunciation:  ; 14 February 1781 – 5 July 1858) was the President of Mexico during two main periods: one in the early 1830s and one in the late 1840s, when he served as president during the Mexican-American War. In his first term, he enacted significant liberal reforms that were aimed at undermining the power of the Roman Catholic Church and the army in Mexico.