# Santa Anna

Antonio de Padua María Severino López de santa anna y Pérez de Lebrón (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈtonjo ˈlopes ðe sant(a)ˈanna]; 21 February 1794 – 21 June 1876), usually known as santa anna or López de santa anna, was a Mexican politician and general. His influence on post-independence Mexican politics and government in the first half of the nineteenth century is such that historians often refer to it as the "Age of santa anna." He was called "the Man of Destiny" who "loomed over his time like a melodramatic colossus, the uncrowned monarch." santa anna's military and political career was a series of reversals. He first opposed Mexican independence from Spain, but then fought in support of it.