José María Iglesias

President of Mexico

5 January 1823 Mexico City

17 December 1891(1891-12-17) (68) Mexico City

October 26, 1876 – November 28, 1876

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Iglesias and the second or maternal family name is Inzáurraga. José María Iglesias Inzáurraga (January 5, 1823 – December 17, 1891) was a Mexican lawyer, professor, journalist and liberal politician. He is known as author of the Iglesias law, an anticlerical law regulating ecclesiastical fees and aimed at preventing the impoverishment of the Mexican peasantry. From October 31, 1876 to January 23, 1877, he claimed the interim presidency of Mexico. However, he was never undisputed president.