Protasio Tagle was a Mexican soldier and politician who lived in the 19th century.

Protasio Tagle
Secretary of Justice and Public Instruction
In office
4 June 1877 – 15 November 1879
PresidentPorfirio Díaz
Preceded byIgnacio Ramírez
Succeeded byIgnacio Mariscal
Secretary of the Interior
In office
17 February 1877 – 23 May 1877
PresidentPorfirio Díaz
Succeeded byTrinidad García de la Cadena
In office
21 November 1876 – 6 December 1876
PresidentPorfirio Díaz
Preceded byJuan José Baz
Deputy of the Congress of the Union
for the 25th district of the State of Mexico
In office
8 December 1867 – 31 April 1871
Personal details
Political partyLiberal

He participated in the Reform War as a member of the liberal sector, and later led a republican division during the second French intervention in Mexico. He joined general Porfirio Díaz during the Revolution of Tuxtepec (see Plan de Tuxtepec).

After Díaz won and became the president of Mexico, Tagle was appointed as the Secretary of the Interior.[1] In 1879 there were possibilities for him to be the presidential candidate, but he was defeated by Manuel González and finally retired from political activities.

He died on 31 July 1903.[2]

References

edit
  1. ^ Bar-On, Tamir; Molas, Bàrbara (22 November 2021). The Right and Radical Right in the Americas: Ideological Currents from Interwar Canada to Contemporary Chile. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-7936-3583-9.
  2. ^ Ortiz Molina, Luis G. (1907). Prontuario de Acuerdos, Bandos, Circulates, Decretos, Leyes, Reglamentos y demás disposiciones vigentes de la Secretaría de Gobernación y sus dependencias, adicionadas con las de otros Departamentos que por el asunto se relacionan con el ramo (in Spanish). Talleres de Tipografía del Ingeniero Fernando Bustillos. p. 263.