1. Diego Portales was born in Santiago, the son of Maria Encarnacion Fernandez de Palazuelos y Martinez de Aldunate and Jose Santiago Portales y Larrain, a superintendent of the royal mint.
16 Facts About Diego Portales
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Diego Portales did his primary studies at the Colegio de Santiago, and in 1813, attended law classes at the National Institute.
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Diego Portales had two daughters with her, both of whom died within days of their birth.
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Diego Portales never remarried, but took Constanza Nordenflicht as his mistress, with whom he had three children.
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Diego Portales opened a trading house, Portales, Cea and Co.
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Diego Portales was an effective satirist, contributing several popular articles to The Starveling.
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Diego Portales' articles placed him in the limelight and paved the way for his political career.
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Diego Portales was named again to that position by President Fernando Errazuriz Aldunate on July 9,1831 and remained until August 31,1831 and named by President Jose Joaquin Prieto from November 9,1835 to January 1837.
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Diego Portales set up a civil militia ; supported an oligarchic control for landowners, miners, and merchants; and made Catholicism the state religion.
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In 1822, before his rise to power Diego Portales wrote to a friend:.
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Diego Portales believed that to avoid disaster it was most important to create a stable and functioning government, rather than one ruled by lofty but ultimately impractical ideals.
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Captain Santiago Florin, who was in charge of Diego Portales, had him shot when he heard of the news, on June 6,1837.
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Diego Portales' reign helped to pick up business and accelerate the growth of the economy.
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Additionally, Diego Portales helped Chile maintain a good deal of stability relative to many of the other Latin American nations.
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Diego Portales's work was especially influential during the years of political learning of the post-independence turmoil and during the governments of the Conservative Republic and to a lesser degree the governments of the Liberal Republic.
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Diego Portales' remains, missing since his assassination, were found in March 2005 in Santiago's Metropolitan Cathedral during renovation projects, and were identified after forensic examination.