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José Tomás Ovalle

José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla
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President of Government Junta of Chile
In office
December 24, 1829 – February 18, 1830
Preceded by Acephalous executive
Succeeded by Francisco Ruiz-Tagle
President of Chile
In office
April 1, 1830 – March 8, 1831
Vice President Fernando Errázuriz
Preceded by Francisco Ruiz-Tagle
Succeeded by Fernando Errázuriz
Personal details
Born (1787-12-21)December 21, 1787
Santiago, Chile
Died March 21, 1831(1831-03-21) (aged 43)
Santiago, Chile
Spouse(s) Rafaela Bezanilla Bezanilla
The Ovalle Cabinet
Office Name Term
President José Tomás Ovalle 1 April 1830–8 March 1831
Minister of the Interior & Foreign Affairs Diego Portales 5 April 1830–31 August 1831
Minister of War & Navy Diego Portales 5 April 1830–25 September 1830
Colonel José María de la Cruz 25 September 1830–24 March 1831
Minister of Finance Pbtro. Juan Francisco Meneses 18 March 1830–15 June 1830
Manuel Rengifo 15 June 1830–9 November 1835

José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla (December 21, 1787 – March 21, 1831) was a Chilean political figure. He served twice as provisional president of Chile.

He was born in Santiago, the son of Vicente María Ovalle Guzmán and of María del Rosario Bezanilla y Noriega. He studied in the Convictorio Carolino and law at the Universidad de San Felipe, where he obtained his doctorate in both laws in 1809. He married his cousin, Rafaela Bezanilla Bezanilla on April 1, 1812, and had eleven children.

Ovalle was twice elected deputy for Santiago (1823 and 1824-1825), supplementary senador (1824), Vice presidente of the Provincial Assembly of Santiago and was a delegate to the Plenipotenciaries Congress of 1830, being elected Vice president.

When the Chilean Civil War of 1829 broke out between the conservative centralists and the liberal federalists, President Francisco Antonio Pinto was forced twice to leave the post of president to Francisco Ramón Vicuña. First, from July 14 to October 19, when Vicuña assumed as President Delegate, and then finally when he resigned on November 2 and Vicuña assumed power.

On December 7, 1829 the conservative troops under General José Joaquín Prieto, commander of the southern army, approached Santiago from the South. The conservative army decided to halt the march onto Santiago for a while and camped a few miles outside the city. The government under Vicuña fled northward to Coquimbo. On December 14, 1829 General Prieto and his troops met the liberal army under Francisco de la Lastra and defeated them at the Battle of Ochagavía. Then, the two military leaders signed a peace treaty, which complicated the political situation further. Meanwhile President Vicuña and his ministers where imprisoned by the victorious conservative troops in Valparaiso.


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