Francisco Ruiz-Tagle

Infobox_President | name=Francisco Ruiz-Tagle


order=President of Chile
term_start=February 17, 1830
term_end=March 31, 1830
predecessor=José Tomás Ovalle
successor=José Tomás Ovalle
birth_date=1790
birth_place=Santiago, Chile
death_date=death date|1860|3|23|mf=y
death_place=Santiago, Chile
spouse=Rosario Larraín
vicepresident=José Tomás Ovalle
party=Conservative

Francisco Antonio Pascual de la Ascensión Ruiz de Tagle y Portales (c. 1790 - March 23, 1860) was a Chilean political figure. In 1830, he was briefly president of the country. Provisional President of Republic of Chile elected by Congress.

He was born in Santiago; the son of Manuel Ruiz de Tagle y Jaraquemada and of María del Rosario Portales Larraín. In his youth and according to the social norms of the time, he also became a militia officer in the "Regimiento del Principe" (Prince's regiment). He married Rosario Larraín Rozas and had nine children.

The son of a royalist family, he was a tepid participant in the Chilean War of Independence, specially during the period of the first Government Juntas. After the Battle of Maipu, he became an ardent independentist and joined the Conservative party. Since 1811, he represented Los Andes in parliament. From 1812 to 1814, he served as senator and president of parliament, and in 1814, he became councilman and mayor of the municipality of Santiago and became the provincial governor on February 13, 1817. He was a member of the Government Junta, as a deputy. In 1822, became superintendent of police of Santiago. He was Finance Minister under Vice President Francisco Antonio Pinto, from July 28, 1828 to July 16, 1829.

In the course of events leading to the Chilean Civil War of 1829, he was part of the Government Junta. The junta nominated him as candidate for the following presidential election and Congress elected him as "Provisional President" on February 17, 1830, by imposition of José Antonio Rodríguez Aldea, head of the O'Higgins party. Immediately that Ruiz-Tagle took over as president, the principal leaders of the liberal side (Manuel Borgoño, Francisco de la Lastra and Juan Gregorio de las Heras) were eliminated from the army roosters. This guaranteed the restart of the hostilities.

Diego Portales, cousin to Ruiz-Tagle, maneuvered to have the president removed. President Ruiz-Tagle and all the cabinet resigned only six weeks later on March 31, claiming health problems, and José Tomás Ovalle, as vice president assumed power on April 1. Under the administration of Manuel Bulnes, Ruiz-Tagle was nominated as privy council. He died on the Chacra Lo Matta of Las Condes on March 23, 1860.

Cabinet

Infobox Chile Cabinet Historical
align=Center
Name=Ruiz-Tagle
President=Francisco Ruiz-Tagle
President start=17 February 1830
President end=31 March 1830
Interior Foreign Affairs=Pbtro. Juan Francisco Meneses
Interior Foreign Affairs start=20 February 1830
Interior Foreign Affairs end=5 April 1830
Finance=Mariano Egaña
Finance start=20 February 1830
Finance end=18 March 1830
Finance 2=Pbtro. Juan Francisco Meneses
Finance start 2=18 March 1830
Finance end 2=15 June 1830
War Navy=José María Benavente
War Navy start=20 February 1830
War Navy end=5 April 1830

References

*German|Francisco Ruiz Tagle|June 23, 2006
*"A History of Chile, 1808-2002", Collier, S., Sater, W.F. (p. 49-50, 53)