Luis de Quintanar Soto Bocanegra y Ruiz (San Juan del Río, December 22, 1776 - Mexico City November 16, 1837) was a Mexican politician and military.
The Quintanar began his military career in 1801 in the Spanish royal army as a lieutenant commanding a regiment dragonders. During the Mexican War of Independence, he kept the Spanish army faithful and climbed to brigadier. Following the proclamation of the Iguala Plan, he joined the Army of the Three Guarantees on the side of Agustín the Iturbide and was appointed General.
In 1822, he backed Iturbide's coronation to Emperor of Mexico, who appointed him as governor of Jalisco, and during that period, intervened slavery. After the fall of the empire, Quintanar had a seat in the constitutional convention of 1823-1824 and became Jalisco military commander. He was released from that post after being suspected of a monarchistic conspiracy, and was succeeded by José Joaquín de Herrera. Then, the state of Jalisco threatened with independence, and Herrera failed to quit Quintanar from his post. These troubles prompted the constitutional convention to break down the territory of Colima of Jalisco. In 1824, Quintanar was expelled by Nicolás Bravo and imprisoned in Mexico City, but soon received an amnesty from President Guadalupe Victoria.
Quintanar was anchor of Anastasio Bustamante, and supported the plan of Jalapa in 1829, where President Vicente Guerrero was thrown out of the saddle. Quintanar was together with Pedro Vélez and Lucas Alamán, Heads of State of Mexico in the last week of 1829 in the triumvirate of 1829, and transferred the power to Bustamante on January 1, 1830. Quintanar died in 1837.
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