Protectorate of San Martín
Regime of Free Departments Régimen de los Departamentos Libres (Spanish) | |||||||||||
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| 1821–1822 | |||||||||||
| Motto: Renació el sol del Perú (Spanish for 'The sun of Peru was reborn') | |||||||||||
| Anthem: "Himno Nacional del Perú" (Spanish) "National Anthem of Peru" | |||||||||||
Protectorate of Peru Territories controlled and administered Territorial claims | |||||||||||
| Capital | Lima | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Spanish | ||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||
| Demonym | Peruvian | ||||||||||
| Government | Provisional government | ||||||||||
| Protector of Peru | |||||||||||
• July 28, 1821 – September 20, 1822 | José de San Martín | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Beginnings of the Republic | ||||||||||
| 12 February 1821 | |||||||||||
| 28 July 1821 | |||||||||||
• Provisional statute | 8 October 1821 | ||||||||||
• Protector of Peru | 3 August 1821 | ||||||||||
| 26 July 1822 | |||||||||||
| 20 September 1822 | |||||||||||
| 21 September 1822 | |||||||||||
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The Protectorate of San Martín (Spanish: Protectorado de San Martín), also known as the Protectorate of Peru (Spanish: Protectorado del Perú), was a provisional government created in 1821 in present-day Peru after its declaration of independence from the Spanish Empire. It existed for one year and 17 days under the rule of José de San Martín.