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Diego Portales

1793 - 1837

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Diego José Pedro Víctor Portales y Palazuelos (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo poɾˈtales]; June 16, 1793 – June 6, 1837) was a Chilean statesman and entrepreneur. As a minister of president José Joaquín Prieto's government, he played a pivotal role in shaping the state and politics in the 19th century, delivering with the Constitution of 1833 the framework of the Chilean state for almost a century. Portales' influential political policies included unitarianism, presidentialism and conservatism which led to the consolidation of Chile as a constitutional, authoritarian and aristocratic republic with the franchise restricted to upper class men from the gentry. While deeply unpopular during his lifetime, his murder in 1837, during an unsuccessful military coup has been judged a decisive factor during the War of the Confederation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diego Portales is the 13,913th most popular politician (down from 13,173rd in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Chile (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular Chilean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Diego Portales ranks 13,913 out of 19,576. Before him are King Ding of Zhou, Òscar Ribas Reig, Chang Taek-sang, William Ruto, Ramón Puerta, and Yahya Petra of Kelantan. After him are Sima Samar, Antti Hackzell, Mesilim, Ayesha Gaddafi, William Gopallawa, and Sergey Kozlov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, Diego Portales ranks 42. Before him are Demetrios Ypsilantis, Joseph Paul Gaimard, Simonas Daukantas, Charles Lock Eastlake, Philip Barker-Webb, and Felix de Muelenaere. After him are Robert Edmond Grant, Stephen F. Austin, Kazim Rashti, William Hopkins, Jan Frans Willems, and Antoni Malczewski. Among people deceased in 1837, Diego Portales ranks 39. Before him are Alexander Bestuzhev, Agustín Eyzaguirre, Valentino Fioravanti, Yuri Lisyansky, Étienne-Gaspard Robert, and Pavel Schilling. After him are Herman of Alaska, John Soane, Ayub Shah Durrani, Joseph Grimaldi, Ivan Dmitriev, and Henry Thomas Colebrooke.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Diego Portales ranks 88 out of 321. Before him are David Arellano (1902), Jorge Edwards (1931), Carlos Caszely (1950), Manuel Álvarez (1928), Emiliano Figueroa (1866), and Sergio Valdés (1933). After him are Teresa of the Andes (1900), Marcelo Ríos (1975), Juan Antonio Ríos (1888), Juan Aguilera (1903), Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (1850), and Ramón Barros Luco (1835).

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Among POLITICIANS In Chile

Among politicians born in Chile, Diego Portales ranks 34. Before him are Francisco Antonio Pinto (1785), Domingo Santa María (1825), Guillermo Billinghurst (1851), Jorge Montt (1845), Chris Watson (1867), and Emiliano Figueroa (1866). After him are Juan Antonio Ríos (1888), Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (1850), Ramón Barros Luco (1835), Juan Luis Sanfuentes (1858), Germán Riesco (1854), and José Joaquín Prieto (1786).

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