Jose Tomas Ovalle
| José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla | |
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| President of Government Junta of Chile | |
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In office December 24, 1829 – February 18, 1830 |
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| Preceded by | Acephalous executive |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Ruiz-Tagle |
| President of Chile | |
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In office April 1, 1830 – March 8, 1831 |
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| Vice President | Fernando Errázuriz |
| Preceded by | Francisco Ruiz-Tagle |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Errázuriz |
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December 21, 1787 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | March 21, 1831 (aged 43) Santiago, Chile |
| Spouse(s) | Rafaela Bezanilla Bezanilla |
| The Ovalle Cabinet | ||
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| 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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