who was named protector of peru after liberating the country from spanish rule
José de San Martín José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850), known simply as José de San Martín (Spanish: [xoˈse ðe san marˈtin]) or El Libertador of Argentina, Chile and Peru,[1] was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire who served as the Protector of Peru. Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes, in modern-day Argentina, he left his mother country at the early age of seven to study in Málaga, Spain.