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Supreme Director of Chile

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Supreme Director of Chile
Director supremo/Supremo Director
Seal of the "Supreme Director of the Chilean State"
Longest serving
Bernardo O'Higgins
16 February 1817 ? 28 January 1823
Style His Excellency
Precursor President of the National Government Junta of Chile
Formation 7 March 1814
First holder Antonio Jose de Irisarri
Final holder Ramon Freire
Abolished 9 July 1826
Succession President of Chile

The Supreme Director of Chile was the Head of State and of Government of Chile in the periods of 1814 and 1817-1826. [1]

The first Supreme Director was Francisco de la Lastra , but before him Antonio Jose de Irisarri had served for 7 days as interim Supreme Director, the last person to hold the title was Ramon Freire .

History of the Position [ edit ]

Supreme Director during the "Old Fatherland" (1814) [ edit ]

In 1814 due to Royalist advances, the National Government Junta was dissolved with the intention of establishing a new title which would concentrate all the faculties of the Junta and its President in a single person and therefore help to coordinate more easily the Independentist forces against the Royalists; [2] a Consultative Senate was also established.

On March 7 Francisco de la Lastra was proclaimed as the first Supreme Director but as he was in Valparaiso and not in Santiago at the time, the Guatemalan Antonio Jose de Irisarri assumed as interim Supreme Director [3] for seven days, until March 14 when de la Lastra finally arrived at Santiago. [4]

The Regulation of the Provisional Government of 1814 established that:

“Article 1°. The critical circumstances of the day compel us to concentrate the Executive Power on a single individual, with the title of Supreme Director, as in him reside all faculties that the Government Junta had since its installation on September 18, 1810. Article 2°. Therefore his faculties are extensive and unlimited, with the exception of peace treaties, war declarations, the establishment of trade, and taxes or general public contributions, in which necessarily he will consult and reach an agreement with his Senate." [5]

The Supreme Director was to last 18 months on the position with possibility of extension by agreement of the Municipality and the Senate. [5]

On July 23, 1814, at 03:00 A.M, former President of the Government Junta general Jose Miguel Carrera led a coup d'etat together with the Catholic Priest , Julian Uribe (who was in command of the artillery) which deposed de la Lastra, abolished de Directorial system and installed a new Government Junta with Carrera as its President. [6]

Supreme Director during the "New Fatherland" (1817-1823) [ edit ]

In 1817 after the Royalist defeat at the Battle of Chacabuco Bernardo O'Higgins was proclaimed as Supreme Director [7] de facto , he became Supreme Director de jure once the Provisional Constitution of 1818 was promulgated and confirmed him as such. [8]

The Constitution established that:

"The Supreme Director will hold the Executive Power in the entire territory. His election has already been confirmed according to the circumstances of what has happened; but in the future it must be done upon the free consent of the provinces, according to the regulation that will be written for that purpose by the Legislature" [8]

Supreme Director during the "Organization of the Republic" (1823-1826) [ edit ]

By the beginning of January 1823, general Ramon Freire intendant of Concepcion and Chief of the Army of the South marched with his troops towards Santiago, in January 28 O'Higgins renounced as Supreme Director [7] and a Provisional Government Junta was established, led by Agustin de Eyzaguirre Arechavala who previously in 1813 had already served as President of the Government Junta. Freire and his troops were already in Valparaiso, near Santiago were they refused to recognise the new government and marched towards the capital. [9] Eventually Freire was proclaimed as Supreme Director on August 18, he would hold that position until July 9, 1826 [10] when Manuel Blanco Encalada became the first President of the Republic . [11]

Under the Directorate of Freire, a new Constitution , that of 1823, was promulgated, according to the aforementioned Constitution:

"A citizen with the title of Supreme Director administers the State in accordance with the laws and exercises exclusively the Executive Power. It will last for four years: being able to be re-elected a second time by two-thirds of the votes." [12]

List [ edit ]

Political parties

    Independent
    Pelucones
    Pipiolos

No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died) 		Term Political Party Election Ref.
Took office Left office Duration
1
Antonio José de Irisarri
Antonio Jose de Irisarri
(1786?1868) 		7 March 1814 14 March 1814 7 days Independent ? [13]
2
Francisco de la Lastra
Francisco de la Lastra
(1777?1852) 		14 March 1814 23 July 1814 131 days Independent ? ?
Spanish Reconquest
(1814?1817)
4
Francisco Ruiz-Tagle
Francisco Ruiz-Tagle
(1790?1860) 		12 February 1817 16 February 1817 4 days Pelucones ? ?
5
Bernardo O'Higgins
Bernardo O'Higgins
(1778?1842) 		16 February 1817 28 January 1823 5 years, 346 days Independent ? [14]
6
Agustín Eyzaguirre
Agustin Eyzaguirre
(1768?1837) 		28 January 1823 4 April 1823 66 days Independent 1822 [15]
7
Ramón Freire
Ramon Freire
(1787?1851) 		4 April 1823 9 July 1826 3 years, 96 days Pipiolos 1823 [16]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Bizzarro, Salvatore (20 April 2005). Supreme Director of Chile . Scarecrow Press. ISBN   9780810865426 .
  2. ^ de Irisarri, Antonio Jose (March 8, 1814). El Supremo Director del Estado a los pueblos (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta del Estado. p. 1.
  3. ^ de Irisarri, Antonio Jose (March 8, 1814). El Supremo Director del Estado a los pueblos (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta del Estado. p. 2.
  4. ^ "Resena biografica de Francisco de la Lastra de la Sotta" . Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish) . Retrieved October 12, 2023 .
  5. ^ a b "El Reglamento para el Gobierno Provisorio sancionado en 17 de marzo de 1814" . Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). March 17, 1814 . Retrieved October 12, 2023 .
  6. ^ "Julio Banados Espinosa. La Batalla de Rancagua. Sus Antecedentes y sus Consecuencias" . Fuentes documentales y bibliograficas para el estudio de la historia de Chile (in Spanish). Universidad de Chile . Retrieved October 12, 2023 .
  7. ^ a b "Periodo 1811-1823 Proceso de Independencia" . Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish) . Retrieved October 12, 2023 .
  8. ^ a b "Proyecto de Constitucion Provisoria para el Estado de Chile publicado en 10 de agosto de 1818, sancionado y jurado solemnemente el 23 de octubre del mismo" . Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). August 10, 1818 . Retrieved October 12, 2023 .
  9. ^ Barros Arana, Diego (1897). Historia Jeneral de Chile. Tomo XIV (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta Cervantes. pp. 5?27.
  10. ^ "Ramon Freire Serrano" . Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile . Retrieved October 12, 2023 .
  11. ^ "Manuel Blanco Encalada" . Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile . Retrieved October 12, 2023 .
  12. ^ "Constitucion Politica del Estado de Chile, promulgada en 29 de diciembre de 1823" " . Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile . December 29, 1823 . Retrieved October 12, 2023 .
  13. ^ "Irisarri, Antonio Jose de (1786?1868)" .
  14. ^ "Bernardo O'Higgins" .
  15. ^ "Biography of Agustin Eyzaguirre (1768-1837)" .
  16. ^ "Biography of Ramon Freire y Serrano (1788-1851)" .


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