Tomás Brizuela

Tomás Brizuela
Governor of La Rioja Province, Argentina
In office
3 February 1831  15 March 1831
Preceded byDomingo Eugenio Villafañe
Succeeded byPaulino Orihuela
Governor of La Rioja Province, Argentina
In office
20 May 1837  1 May 1841
Preceded byJuan A. Carmona
Succeeded byJosé Manuel Figueroa
Personal details
Bornc. 1800
La Rioja, Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata
Died1841
Sañogasta
NationalityArgentine

Tomás Brizuela (c. 1800 20 June 1841 ) was a soldier and caudillo in Argentina. He was a lieutenant of Facundo Quiroga in his home province of La Rioja, and governor of La Rioja between 1836 and 1841, Brizuela died fighting against the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas.