Supreme Director

Supreme director (in Spanish director supremo) was a title used to designate certain heads of state in South America

  • The Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (modern Argentina), from 1814 to 1820.
  • The Supreme Director of Chile, from 1814 to 1826, except for the period of Royalist rule from 1814 to 1817

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