Diego Portales Palazuelos
Diego Portales Palazuelos (born June 15, 1793 in Santiago de Chile , † June 6, 1837 ) was Chilean Minister of the Interior from 1829 to 1837. In 1833 he created the presidential constitution of Chile.
Portales began his career as a tobacco dealer in Peru in 1821 . In 1823 he returned to Chile. Portales was a very conservative personality with strong leadership skills. In 1824 he signed a monopoly agreement with the Chilean government to import tobacco. This treaty was repealed by the liberal government under Francisco Antonio Pinto in 1829. Portales fought against this repeal with the help of the press . Finally he became Minister of the Interior of Chile in the same year.
Portales gathered the conservative forces with the landowners, the church and the military . On April 17, 1830, his troops overthrew the government at the Battle of Lircay. Portales ruled practically dictatorially until August 1831.
Portales then wanted to go back to business, but the Chilean Congress refused to abdicate. Under Portales, the strongly centralized constitution of Chile was created in 1833, which continues to have an impact in Chile today.
President José Joaquín Prieto Vial (1831–1841) convinced Portales in 1835 to return to office because the country was in an unstable state. In the fall of 1836 broke War between Chile and the Peruvian-Bolivian Confederation of. Portales assembled the troops for the war. In June 1837, Portales was murdered by political opponents. He did not live to see the victory of Chile in 1839.
literature
- John A. Crow: The Epic of Latin America . 4th ed. University of California Pr., New York 1992. ISBN 0-520-07868-3 (EA Garden City 1946)
Web links
- Charlene Richardson: Portales, Diego: A Chilean Biography.
- Diego Portales in the Encyclopædia Britannica
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Portales Palazuelos, Diego |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1793 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santiago de Chile |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 1837 |