Francisco Tadeo Díez de Medina

Francisco Tadeo Díez de Medina y Vidango (in other sources: Díez de Medina Vidanges ; * 1725 in La Paz , today Bolivia ; † 1803 probably in Santiago de Chile ) was a South American administrative officer and judge in the Spanish colonial administration. At the turn of the year 1801/1802 he ruled the General Capitanate of Chile for a few weeks as governor .

Life

Díez de Medina came from a wealthy family of the local upper class and increased his wealth through brisk trade. He studied at the Universidad de San Francisco Xavier in what is now Sucre . He later served as the mayor (Spanish: alcalde ) of La Paz. There he also worked as a judge .

When the uprising of Julián Apaza (also: Túpac Catari ) against the Spanish colonial rulers was put down in 1781, Díez de Medina was the responsible judge who ordered death by quarters .

From 1801 (at the age of 76) he acted as judge ( Oidor ) at the Real Audiencia of Chile and - after the recall of José de Santiago Concha Jiménez Lobatón to Buenos Aires - for a few weeks (from December 1801 to January 1802) as governor of Chile, until the successor Luis Muñoz de Guzmán appointed by King Charles IV could take office from Lima .

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