José Bernardo de Tagle

Infobox Officeholder
name = José Bernardo de Tagle

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nationality = Peruvian
order = Interim President of Peru
term_start = February 27, 1823
term_end = February 28, 1823
predecessor = José de la Mar
successor = José de la Riva Agüero
order2 = 5th President of Peru
Supreme Delegate of Peru
term_start2 = July 17 1823
term_end2 = February 17 1824
predecessor2 = Antonio José de Sucre
successor2 = Simón Bolívar
birth_date = March 21 1779
birth_place = Lima, Peru
death_date = death date and age|1825|9|26|1779|3|21
death_place = El Callao, Peru
profession = Soldier
spouse =
party =
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José Bernardo de Tagle, marqués de Torre Tagle (born 1779 in Lima; died 1825 in El Callao) was a Peruvian soldier and politician, occupying the Peruvian presidency from 1823 to 1824.

Biography

He was a deputy in the Cádiz Cortes and resided in Spain between 1812 and 1817.

On his return to Peru he was named Governor of Trujillo, and proclaimed the independency of the city on the arrival of José de San Martín.

He briefly assumed the Presidency for the first time on February 1823, and again on July of the same year. When José de la Riva Agüero left the presidency, Sucre briefly took over the position until Torre Tagle was named President. Torre Tagle remained in charge until the arrival of Simón Bolivar on February 1824.

During his tenure, the Peruvian flag, which had been established by José de San Martín, was changed due to its complex elaboration. The new flag model proposed by Torre Tagle was composed of three horizontal fringes, with the two extreme sides colored in red and the middle one in white with a sun in the center.

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