Cabinet of Enrique Hertzog

{{short description|Bolivian presidential administration and ministerial cabinet from 1947 to 1949}}

{{Infobox government cabinet

| cabinet_name = Hertzog cabinet

| cabinet_number = 114th–120th

| jurisdiction = Republic of Bolivia

| flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg

| flag_border = true

| incumbent = 1947–1949

| image = Hertzog - CROPPED.jpg

| image_size = 150px

| alt = Enrique Hertzog

| date_formed = {{Start date|1947|3|10|df=y}}

| date_dissolved = {{End date|1949|5|20|df=y}}{{efn|While Hertzog's presidency officially ended on 22 October 1949, his Vice President Mamerto Urriolagoitía had been acting president since 7 May and formed his own cabinet on 20 May, dissolving the former.}}

| government_head_title = President

| government_head = Enrique Hertzog

| deputy_government_head_title = Vice president

| deputy_government_head = Mamerto Urriolagoitía

| members_number = 10 (on 20 May 1949)

| total_number = 48 (including former members)

| political_parties = Republican Socialist Unity Party (PURS)
Liberal Party (PL)
Revolutionary Left Party (PIR)

| legislature_status = National unity government

| election = 1947 general election

| legislature_term = 1947–1949
1949–1951

| predecessor = Cabinet of Tomás Monje {{Small|(interim)}}

| successor = Cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía

}}

File:Mamerto Urriolagoitía - 2.webp served as acting president for much of Hertzog's final year in office]]

File:Luis Fernando Guachalla.jpg lost the 1947 general elections to Hertzog by 443 votes]]

Enrique Hertzog assumed office as the 42nd president of Bolivia on 10 March 1947, and his term ended upon his resignation on 22 October 1949. A physician who served in various ministerial positions since the 1920s, Hertzog was elected as the head of the Republican Socialist Unity Party (PURS) ticket in the 1947 general elections.{{Cite web|title=Bolivia: Ley de 8 de marzo de 1947|url=https://www.lexivox.org/norms/BO-L-19470308.xhtml|access-date=10 February 2021|website=www.lexivox.org}}

Hertzog formed seven cabinets during his 31-month presidency, constituting the 114th to 120th national cabinets of Bolivia.{{sfn|Gisbert|2003|pp=348–351}} A further two cabinets, constituting the 121st and 122nd national cabinets, were formed during his term by Vice President Mamerto Urriolagoitía who was serving as acting president at the time.

Cabinet ministers

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! colspan="10" style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |42x42px
Cabinet of Bolivia
Presidency of Enrique Hertzog, 1947–1949

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! colspan="2"| Office

! Minister

! colspan="2"| Party

! {{abbr|2=Profession|Prof.}}

! Term

! Days

! N.C{{efn|Denoting which national cabinet the minister was originally a part of.}}

! P.C{{efn|Denoting which presidential cabinet the minister was originally a part of.}}

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| colspan="2"| President

| Enrique Hertzog

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| PURS

| Dr.

| 10 March 1947 – 22 October 1949

| 957

| rowspan="2"| –

style="height:3em;"

| colspan="2"| Vice President

| Mamerto Urriolagoitía{{efn|Acting President from 7 May to 24 October 1949.|name=|group=}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| PURS

| Law.

| 10 March 1947 – 24 October 1949

| 959

style="height:3em;"

| colspan="2" rowspan="9"| Minister of Foreign Affairs
and Worship
(Chancellor)

| Mamerto Urriolagoitía{{Cite web|date=21 December 2015|title=canciller|url=http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=murriolagoitia.jpg&texto=MAMERTO%20URRIOLAGOYTIA%20HARRIAGUE.txt|access-date=10 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221023956/http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=murriolagoitia.jpg&texto=MAMERTO%20URRIOLAGOYTIA%20HARRIAGUE.txt|archive-date=21 December 2015}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| PURS

| Law.

| 10 March 1947 – 14 May 1947

| 65

| 114

| 1

style="height:3em;"

| Luis Fernando Guachalla{{Cite web|date=19 February 2013|title=canciller|url=http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Luis%20Fernando%20Guachalla.JPG&texto=LUIS%20FERNANDO%20GUACHALLA%20SOLARES.txt|access-date=17 February 2021|website=archive.vn|archive-date=19 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219185428/http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Luis%20Fernando%20Guachalla.JPG&texto=LUIS%20FERNANDO%20GUACHALLA%20SOLARES.txt|url-status=dead}}

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Bolivia)}};" |

| PL

| Law.

| 14 May 1947 – 11 September 1947

| 120

| 115

| 2

style="height:3em;"

| Tomás Manuel Elío{{Cite web|date=19 February 2013|title=canciller|url=http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Arturo%20Gutierrez%20Tezanos.JPG&texto=ARTURO%20GUTIERREZ%20TEZANOS%20PINTO.txt|access-date=17 February 2021|website=archive.vn|archive-date=19 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219183650/http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Arturo%20Gutierrez%20Tezanos.JPG&texto=ARTURO%20GUTIERREZ%20TEZANOS%20PINTO.txt|url-status=dead}}

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Bolivia)}};" |

| PL

| Law.

| 11 September 1947 – 1 March 1948

| 172

| 116

| 3

style="height:3em;"

| Adolfo Costa du Rels{{Cite web|date=16 January 2016|title=canciller|url=http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Adolfo%20Costa%20Du%20Rels.JPG&texto=ADOLFO%20COSTA%20DU%20RELS.txt|access-date=11 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116004635/http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Adolfo%20Costa%20Du%20Rels.JPG&texto=ADOLFO%20COSTA%20DU%20RELS.txt|archive-date=16 January 2016}}

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Ind.

| Dip.

| 1 March 1948 – 9 August 1948

| 161

| 117

| 4

style="height:3em;"

| Javier Paz Campero{{Cite web|date=10 January 2016|title=canciller|url=http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Javier%20Paz%20Campero.JPG&texto=JAVIER%20PAZ%20CAMPERO.txt|access-date=11 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110101943/http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Javier%20Paz%20Campero.JPG&texto=JAVIER%20PAZ%20CAMPERO.txt|archive-date=10 January 2016}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| PURS

| Law.

| 9 August 1948 – 28 January 1949

| 172

| 118

| 5

style="height:3em;"

| Juan Manuel Balcázar{{Cite web|date=19 February 2013|title=canciller|url=http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Juan%20Manuel%20Balcazar.JPG&texto=JUAN%20MANUEL%20BALCAZAR.txt|access-date=17 February 2021|website=archive.vn|archive-date=19 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219175510/http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Juan%20Manuel%20Balcazar.JPG&texto=JUAN%20MANUEL%20BALCAZAR.txt|url-status=dead}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| PURS

| Dr.

| 28 January 1949 – 4 March 1949

| 35

| 119

| 6

style="height:3em;"

| Luis Fernando Guachalla

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Bolivia)}};" |

| PL

| Law.

| 4 March 1949 – 20 May 1949

| 77

| 120

| 7

style="height:3em;"

| Waldo Belmonte Pool{{Cite web|date=3 December 2015|title=canciller|url=http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Waldo%20Belmonte%20Pool.JPG&texto=WALDO%20BELMONTE%20POOL.txt|access-date=12 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203072028/http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Waldo%20Belmonte%20Pool.JPG&texto=WALDO%20BELMONTE%20POOL.txt|archive-date=3 December 2015}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| PURS

| Law.

| 20 May 1949 – 2 August 1949

| 74

| 121

| 8(1){{efn|name=fn2|Member of the first cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president.}}

style="height:3em;"

| Alberto Saavedra Nogales{{Cite web|date=27 January 2016|title=canciller|url=http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Alberto%20Saavedra%20Nogales.JPG&texto=ALBERTO%20SAAVEDRA%20NOGALES.txt|access-date=12 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127084838/http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Alberto%20Saavedra%20Nogales.JPG&texto=ALBERTO%20SAAVEDRA%20NOGALES.txt|archive-date=27 January 2016}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| PURS

| Law.

| 2 August 1949 – 28 January 1950

| 179

| 122

| 9(2){{efn|name=fn3|Member of the second cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president and first Urriolagoitía cabinet as president.}}

style="height:2em;"

| colspan="2" rowspan="9"| Minister of Government,
Justice, and Immigration

| rowspan="2"| Luis Ponce Lozada

| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| rowspan="2"| PURS

| rowspan="2"| Law.

| rowspan="2"| 10 March 1947 – 11 September 1947

| rowspan="2"| 185

| 114

| 1

style="height:2em;"

| 115

| 2

style="height:2em;"

| rowspan="7"| Alfredo Mollinedo

| rowspan="7" style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| rowspan="7"| PURS

| rowspan="7"| Dr.

| rowspan="7"| 11 September 1947 – 14 April 1950

| rowspan="7"| 946

| 116

| 3

style="height:2em;"

| 117

| 4

style="height:2em;"

| 118

| 5

style="height:2em;"

| 119

| 6

style="height:2em;"

| 120

| 7

style="height:2em;"

| 121

| 8(1){{efn|name=fn2|Member of the first cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president.}}

style="height:2em;"

| 122

| 9(2){{efn|name=fn3|Member of the second cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president and first Urriolagoitía cabinet as president.}}

style="height:3em;"

| colspan="2" rowspan="9"| Minister of National Defense

| Néstor Guillén

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Ind.

| Law.

| 10 March 1947 – 14 May 1947

| 65

| 114

| 1

style="height:3em;"

| Eduardo Montes Montes

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| Law.

| 14 May 1947 – 11 September 1947

| 120

| 115

| 2

style="height:2em;"

| rowspan="2"| Pedro Zilveti

| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| rowspan="2"| PURS

| rowspan="2"| Law.

| rowspan="2"| 11 September 1947 – 9 August 1948

| rowspan="2"| 333

| 116

| 3

style="height:2em;"

| 117

| 4

style="height:3em;"

| Gustavo Carlos Otero

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Bolivia)}};" |

| Ind.

| Jrn.

| 9 August 1948 – 28 January 1949

| 172

| 118

| 5

style="height:2em;"

| rowspan="2"| Waldo Belmonte Pool

| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| rowspan="2"| PURS

| rowspan="2"| Law.

| rowspan="2"| 28 January 1949 – 20 May 1949

| rowspan="2"| 112

| 119

| 6

style="height:2em;"

| 120

| 7

style="height:3em;"

| Vicente Leyton

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| 20 May 1949 – 2 August 1949

| 74

| 121

| 8(1){{efn|name=fn2|Member of the first cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president.}}

style="height:3em;"

| Manuel Diez Canseco{{efn|Acting Foreign Minister in the absence of Alberto Saavedra Nogales from 2 to 17 August 1949.{{Cite web|date=19 February 2013|title=canciller|url=http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Manuel%20Diez%20Canseco.JPG&texto=MANUEL%20DIEZ%20CANSECO%20DAVALOS.txt|access-date=17 February 2021|website=archive.vn|archive-date=19 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219175418/http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Manuel%20Diez%20Canseco.JPG&texto=MANUEL%20DIEZ%20CANSECO%20DAVALOS.txt|url-status=dead}}}}

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| PURS

| Law.

| 2 August 1949 – 28 January 1950

| 179

| 122

| 9(2){{efn|name=fn3|Member of the second cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president and first Urriolagoitía cabinet as president.}}

style="height:2em;"

| colspan="2" rowspan="10"| Minister of Finance
and Statistics

| rowspan="2"| Alcides Molina

| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| rowspan="2"| –

| rowspan="2"| 10 March 1947 – 11 September 1947

| rowspan="2"| 185

| 114

| 1

style="height:2em;"

| 115

| 2

style="height:3em;"

| Carlos Guachalla

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Bolivia)}};" |

| PL

| –

| 11 September 1947 – 14 January 1948

| 125

| rowspan="2"| 116

| rowspan="2"| 3

style="height:2em;"

| rowspan="3"| José Romero Loza

| rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| rowspan="3"| –

| rowspan="3"| 14 January 1948 – 28 January 1949

| rowspan="3"| 380

style="height:2em;"

| 117

| 4

style="height:2em;"

| 118

| 5

style="height:3em;"

| Vicente Leyton

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| 28 January 1949 – 4 March 1949

| 35

| 119

| 6

style="height:3em;"

| Héctor Ormachea Zalles

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| Law.

| 4 March 1949 – 20 May 1949

| 77

| 120

| 7

style="height:3em;"

| Alfredo Alexander Alvestegui

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| Law.

| 20 May 1949 – 2 August 1949

| 74

| 121

| 8(1){{efn|name=fn2|Member of the first cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president.}}

style="height:3em;"

| Rafael Parada Suarez

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| 2 August 1949 – 28 January 1950

| 179

| 122

| 9(2){{efn|name=fn3|Member of the second cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president and first Urriolagoitía cabinet as president.}}

style="height:2em;"

| colspan="2" rowspan="9"| Minister of Economy

| rowspan="2"| Germán Costas{{efn|Acting Foreign Minister in the absence of Luis Fernando Guachalla from 11 August to 4 September 1947.{{Cite web|date=23 December 2015|title=canciller|url=http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=German%20Costas.JPG&texto=GERMAN%20COSTAS%20REYES.txt|access-date=10 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223092646/http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=German%20Costas.JPG&texto=GERMAN%20COSTAS%20REYES.txt|archive-date=23 December 2015}}}}

| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| rowspan="2"| PURS

| rowspan="2"| Eco.

| rowspan="2"| 10 March 1947 – 11 September 1947

| rowspan="2"| 185

| 114

| 1

style="height:2em;"

| 115

| 2

style="height:3em;"

| Raul Laguna Lozada

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| Law.

| 11 September 1947 – 1 March 1948

| 172

| 116

| 3

style="height:3em;"

| Arturo Gutiérrez
Tezanos-Pinto{{efn|Acting Foreign Minister in the absence of Adolfo Costa du Rels from 9 to 15 August 1948.{{Cite web|date=7 April 2014|title=canciller|url=http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Arturo%20Gutierrez%20Tezanos.JPG&texto=ARTURO%20GUTIERREZ%20TEZANOS%20PINTO.txt|access-date=11 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407060027/http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Arturo%20Gutierrez%20Tezanos.JPG&texto=ARTURO%20GUTIERREZ%20TEZANOS%20PINTO.txt|archive-date=7 April 2014}}}}

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Bolivia)}};" |

| PL

| Eco.

| 1 March 1948 – 9 August 1948

| 161

| 117

| 4

style="height:3em;"

| Ernesto Monasterios

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| PURS

| Law.

| 9 August 1948 – 28 January 1949

| 172

| 118

| 5

style="height:3em;"

| Alberto Sarti Peláez

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| 28 January 1949 – 4 March 1949

| 35

| 119

| 6

style="height:3em;"

| Germán Zegarra Caero

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| 4 March 1949 – 20 May 1949

| 77

| 120

| 7

style="height:3em;"

| Alberto Sarti Peláez

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| 20 May 1949 – 2 August 1949

| 74

| 121

| 8(1){{efn|name=fn2|Member of the first cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president.}}

style="height:3em;"

| José Romero Loza

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| 2 August 1949 – 28 January 1950

| 179

| 122

| 9(2){{efn|name=fn3|Member of the second cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president and first Urriolagoitía cabinet as president.}}

style="height:3em;"

| colspan="2" rowspan="10"| Minister of Public Works
and Communications

| Aniceto Quezada

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| 10 March 1947 – 14 May 1947

| 65

| 114

| 1

style="height:2em;"

| rowspan="2"| Gustavo Henrich

| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Revolutionary Left Party}};" |

| rowspan="2"| PIR

| rowspan="2"| –

| rowspan="2"| 14 May 1947 – 1 March 1948

| rowspan="2"| 292

| 115

| 2

style="height:2em;"

| 116

| 3

style="height:3em;"

| Luis Ponce Lozada

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| PURS

| –

| 1 March 1948 – 9 August 1948

| 161

| 117

| 4

style="height:3em;"

| Constantino Carrión

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| Law.

| 9 August 1948 – 28 January 1949

| 172

| 118

| 5

style="height:2em;"

| rowspan="3"| Guillermo Gutiérrez
Vea Murguía

| rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| rowspan="3"| PURS

| rowspan="3"| –

| rowspan="3"| 28 January 1949 – 25 June 1949

| rowspan="3"| 148

| 119

| 6

style="height:2em;"

| 120

| 7

style="height:2em;"

| rowspan="2"| 121

| rowspan="2"| 8(1){{efn|name=fn2|Member of the first cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president.}}

colspan="6" bgcolor="ECECEC" {{CNone|Office vacant 25 June 1949 – 2 August 1949}}

style="height:3em;"

| Alfredo Gutiérrez Salgar

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| 2 August 1949 – 16 October 1950

| 440

| 122

| 9(2){{efn|name=fn3|Member of the second cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president and first Urriolagoitía cabinet as president.}}

style="height:3em;"

| rowspan="10"| Minister of Work
and Social Security

| Minister of
Health

| Carlos Morales Ugarte

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Ind.

| Law.

| 10 March 1947 – 14 May 1947

| 65

| 114

| 1

style="height:3em;"

| rowspan="9"| –

| Alfredo Mendizábal

| style="background:{{party color|Revolutionary Left Party}};" |

| PIR

| Law.

| 14 May 1947 – 11 September 1947

| 120

| 115

| 2

style="height:3em;"

| Daniel Gamarra

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| PURS

| –

| 11 September 1947 – 1 March 1948

| 172

| 116

| 3

style="height:3em;"

| Ernesto Monasterios

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| PURS

| Law.

| 1 March 1948 – 9 August 1948

| 161

| 117

| 4

style="height:3em;"

| Julio Céspedes Añez

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| PURS

| Law.

| 9 August 1948 – 11 August 1948

| 2

| rowspan="2"| 118

| rowspan="2"| 5

style="height:3em;"

| Julio Tellez Reyes

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| Law.

| 11 August 1948 – 28 January 1949

| 170

style="height:3em;"

| Fernando Loayza Beltrán

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Ind.

| –

| 28 January 1949 – 4 March 1949

| 35

| 119

| 6

style="height:3em;"

| Gastón Arauz Eguía

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| 4 March 1949 – 20 May 1949

| 77

| 120

| 7

style="height:3em;"

| Germán Zegarra Caero

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| 20 May 1949 – 2 August 1949

| 74

| 121

| 8(1){{efn|name=fn2|Member of the first cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president.}}

style="height:3em;"

| Eduardo del Grando

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| 2 August 1949 – 28 January 1950

| 179

| 122

| 9(2){{efn|name=fn3|Member of the second cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president and first Urriolagoitía cabinet as president.}}

colspan="2" rowspan="9"| Minister of Health
and Hygiene

| colspan="8" bgcolor="ECECEC" {{CNone|Office under the Ministry of Work and Social Security until 14 May 1947}}

style="height:3em;"

| Carlos Morales Ugarte

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Ind.

| Law.

| 14 May 1947 – 11 September 1947

| 120

| 115

| 2

style="height:3em;"

| Melchor Pinto

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Ind.

| Dr.

| 11 September 1947 – 1 March 1948

| 172

| 116

| 3

style="height:2em;"

| rowspan="2"| Juan Manuel Balcázar

| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| rowspan="2"| PURS

| rowspan="2"| Dr.

| rowspan="2"| 1 March 1948 – 28 January 1949

| rowspan="2"| 333

| 117

| 4

style="height:2em;"

| 118

| 5

style="height:3em;"

| Agustín Benavides

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| 28 January 1949 – 4 March 1949

| 35

| 119

| 6

style="height:2em;"

| rowspan="2"| Juan Manuel Balcázar

| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| rowspan="2"| PURS

| rowspan="2"| Dr.

| rowspan="2"| 4 March 1949 – 2 August 1949

| rowspan="2"| 151

| 120

| 7

style="height:2em;"

| 121

| 8(1){{efn|name=fn2|Member of the first cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president.}}

style="height:3em;"

| Agustín Benavides

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| 2 August 1949 – 28 January 1950

| 179

| 122

| 9(2){{efn|name=fn3|Member of the second cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president and first Urriolagoitía cabinet as president.}}

style="height:2em;"

| rowspan="9"| Minister of Education
and Indigenous Affairs

| rowspan="2"| –

| rowspan="2"| Armando Alba Zambrana

| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| rowspan="2"| Ind.

| rowspan="2"| Wri.

| rowspan="2"| 10 March 1947 – 14 January 1948

| rowspan="2"| 310

| 114

| 1

style="height:2em;"

| 115

| 2

style="height:3em;"

| rowspan="2"|Minister of
Fine Arts

| Alberto Salinas López

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| PURS

| –

| 14 January 1948 – 1 March 1948

| 47

| 116

| 3

style="height:3em;"

| Víctor Cabrera Lozada

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| 1 March 1948 – 9 August 1948

| 161

| 117

| 4

style="height:2em;"

| rowspan="2"| –

| rowspan="2"| Antonio Rico Toro

| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| rowspan="2"| –

| rowspan="2"| Law.

| rowspan="2"| 9 August 1948 – 4 March 1949

| rowspan="2"| 207

| 118

| 5

style="height:2em;"

| 119

| 6

style="height:3em;"

| rowspan="2"|Minister of
Fine Arts

| José Chávez Suárez

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Bolivia)}};" |

| PL

| Law.

| 4 March 1949 – 20 May 1949

| 77

| 120

| 7

style="height:3em;"

| Elizardo Pérez

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Ind.

| Tch.

| 20 May 1949 – 2 August 1949

| 74

| 121

| 8(1){{efn|name=fn2|Member of the first cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president.}}

style="height:3em;"

| –

| Abraham Valdez

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| 2 August 1949 – 29 June 1950

| 331

| 122

| 9(2){{efn|name=fn3|Member of the second cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president and first Urriolagoitía cabinet as president.}}

style="height:3em;"

| colspan="2" rowspan="9"| Minister of Agriculture,
Livestock, and
Colonization

| José Saavedra Suárez

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| PURS

| –

| 26 August 1946 – 14 May 1947

| 261

| 113{{efn|Originally a member of the 113th national cabinet of Bolivia.}}

| 1{{efn|Originally a member of the Monje ministerial cabinet.}}

style="height:3em;"

| Osvaldo Gutiérrez

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Bolivia)}};" |

| PL

| Law.

| 14 May 1947 – 11 September 1947

| 120

| 115

| 2

style="height:3em;"

| Eduardo Tardío

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| Law.

| 11 September 1947 – 1 March 1948

| 172

| 116

| 3

style="height:3em;"

| Germán Zegarra Caero

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| 1 March 1948 – 9 August 1948

| 161

| 117

| 4

style="height:3em;"

| Eduardo Guzmán Villa

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| –

| 9 August 1948 – 28 January 1949

| 172

| 118

| 5

style="height:3em;"

| Gilfredo Cortés Candia

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| PURS

| Wri.

| 28 January 1949 – 4 March 1949

| 35

| 119

| 6

style="height:3em;"

| Miguel Mercado Moreira

| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Party (Bolivia)}};" |

| PL

| –

| 4 March 1949 – 20 May 1949

| 77

| 120

| 7

style="height:2em;"

| rowspan="2"| Gilfredo Cortés Candia

| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Socialist Unity Party}};" |

| rowspan="2"| PURS

| rowspan="2"| Wri.

| rowspan="2"| 20 May 1949 – 28 January 1950

| rowspan="2"| 253

| 121

| 8(1){{efn|name=fn2|Member of the first cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president.}}

style="height:2em;"

| 122

| 9(2){{efn|name=fn3|Member of the second cabinet of Mamerto Urriolagoitía as acting president and first Urriolagoitía cabinet as president.}}

Composition

= First cabinet =

File:Cabinet of Enrique Hertzog - B&W.jpg (left) and Foreign Minister Luis Fernando Guachalla (right), with his second council of ministers]]

Upon his inauguration on 10 March 1947, Hertzog appointed his first ministerial cabinet.{{Cite web|title=DECRETO SUPREMO No 761 del 10 de Marzo de 1947 » Derechoteca.com|url=https://www.derechoteca.com/gacetabolivia/decreto-supremo-761-del-10-marzo-1947/|access-date=10 February 2021|website=www.derechoteca.com}} The cabinet was a return to the more conservative elements of the country which had been sidelined during the left-wing government of Gualberto Villarroel. It predominantly consisted of members of the newly formed Republican Socialist Unity Party (PURS) created from the merger of the Genuine Republican, Socialist Republican, and United Socialist parties.Political handbook of the world 1950. New York, 1950. P. 16.

The only holdover from the previous administration was José Saavedra Suárez as Minister of Agriculture. Néstor Guillén, who had served as interim president and Minister of Defense following the death of Villarroel, returned to his defense position. Mamerto Urriolagoitía was appointed Foreign Minister in conjunction with his position as vice president.

= Second cabinet =

Unlike the Republicans, the Liberal Party did not become a founding member of the PURS. Nonetheless, Hertzog attempted to form a national unity cabinet and invited the PL to join in alliance with the new government, a fact which upset PURS leadership as well as Vice President Urriolagoitía.{{Cite web|title=Bolivia – 1947 -70 años- A la sombra de los colgados: La ascensión presidencial de Hertzog y Urriolagoitia – El principio del fin del viejo orden|url=http://www.oxigeno.bo/20765|access-date=12 February 2021|website=Oxígeno Digital|language=es}} When Hertzog formed his second cabinet on 14 May 1947, Luis Fernando Guachalla, who had been the Liberal presidential candidate in 1947 losing to Hertzog by a difference of just 443 votes, was chosen to succeed Urriolagoitía as Foreign Minister.{{Cite web|title=DECRETO SUPREMO No 786 del 14 de Mayo de 1947|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/listadonor/11%EF%BC%89%EF%BC%89%E3%82%92%E7%99%BA%E5%87%BA%E3%81%97%E3%80%81%E6%AC%A7%E5%B7%9E%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%81%AE%E6%B8%A1%E8%88%AA%E8%80%85%E5%8F%88%E3%81%AF%E9%81%8E%E5%8E%BB14/page:182|access-date=10 February 2021|website=www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo}}{{Cite web|last=rodidem|date=30 November 2009|title=Luis Fernando Guachalla|url=https://www.andesacd.org/luis-fernando-guachalla/|access-date=11 February 2021|website=ANDES|language=es}} Despite being ideologically Communist, the Revolutionary Left Party also joined the conservative coalition with two of its members, Gustavo Henrich and Alfredo Mendizábal, being appointed Ministers of Public Works and Communications and Work and Social Security respectively.

= Third, fourth, fifth, and sixth cabinets =

Hertzog's third cabinet was formed on 11 September 1947.{{Cite web|title=DECRETO SUPREMO No 891 del 11 de Septiembre de 1947 » Derechoteca.com|url=https://www.derechoteca.com/gacetabolivia/decreto-supremo-891-del-11-septiembre-1947/|access-date=10 February 2021|website=www.derechoteca.com}} Guachalla was replaced as Foreign Minister by Tomás Manuel Elío who would serve his fifth and final nonconsecutive term. Luis Fernando's brother, Carlos Guachalla, was appointed Ministry of Finance. Hertzog's fourth cabinet, formed on 1 March 1948, saw Adolfo Costa du Rels appointed Foreign Minister.{{Cite web|title=DECRETO SUPREMO No 1017 del 14 de Enero de 1948 » Derechoteca.com|url=https://www.derechoteca.com/gacetabolivia/decreto-supremo-1017-del-14-enero-1948/|access-date=10 February 2021|website=www.derechoteca.com}} Costa du Rels had previously been the last President of the League of Nations, which by 1947 was defunct in favor of the United Nations.

Hertzog's fifth cabinet was formed on 9 August 1948.{{Cite web|title=DECRETO SUPREMO No 1302 del 09 de Agosto de 1948 » Derechoteca.com|url=https://www.derechoteca.com/gacetabolivia/decreto-supremo-1302-del-09-agosto-1948/|access-date=11 February 2021|website=www.derechoteca.com}} At just two days from 9 to 11 August, the term of office of Julio Céspedes Añez as Minister of Work and Social Security is the second shortest term for any Bolivian government minister after Juan José Torres who served for just one day from 5 to 6 November 1964 during the government of René Barrientos.{{harvnb|Gisbert|2003|pp=483}} Formed on 28 January 1949, Hertzog's sixth cabinet introduced Waldo Belmonte Pool, a previous President of the Chamber of Senators and acting president during the administration of Enrique Peñaranda, as Minister of National Defense.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=DECRETO SUPREMO No 1501 del 28 de Enero de 1949|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/edicions/view/GOB-57/page:73|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201025227/http://gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/edicions/view/GOB-57/page:73 |archive-date=1 December 2019 |access-date=11 February 2021|website=www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo}}

= Seventh cabinet and Urriolagoitía acting cabinets =

Hertzog's seventh and final cabinet was formed on 4 March 1949.{{Cite web|title=DECRETO SUPREMO No 1553 del 04 de Marzo de 1949 » Derechoteca.com|url=https://www.derechoteca.com/gacetabolivia/decreto-supremo-1553-del-04-marzo-1949/|access-date=11 February 2021|website=www.derechoteca.com}} This one would only last for two months. On 1 May 1949, legislative elections were held in which the left-wing parties dramatically rose in support. Following subsequent election-related violence, PURS leadership lost confidence in Hertzog and forced him to hand power under the pretence of a nonexistent illness to Vice President Mamerto Urriolagoitía on 7 May.{{Cite web|title=18. Bolivia (1917–present)|url=https://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/western-hemisphere-region/bolivia-1917-present/|access-date=16 February 2021|website=uca.edu|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=admins5|date=19 November 2014|title=Mamerto Urriolagoitia (1895–1974)|url=https://www.educa.com.bo/1936-1952-viejo-orden/mamerto-urriolagoitia-1895-1974|access-date=11 February 2021|website=www.educa.com.bo|language=es}} In his capacity as acting president, Urriolagoitía formed two cabinets on 20 May and 2 August 1949. However, Hertzog would not officially resign until 22 October meaning both cabinets were formed during his term. Nevertheless, the fact that the ministers were appointed by Urriolagoitía mean that they are generally regarded as Urriolagoitía's first and second cabinets rather than Hertzog's eight and ninth.{{sfn|Gisbert|2003|pp=348–351}}

Gallery

File:Mamerto Urriolagoitía.jpg|Mamerto Urriolagoitía –
Vice President, Acting President, and Minister of Foreign Affairs (PURS)

File:Luis Fernando Guachalla Solares - 2.jpg|Luis Fernando Guachalla –
Minister of Foreign Affairs (PL)

File:Tomás Manuel Elío - 2.jpg|Tomás Manuel Elío –
Minister of Foreign Affairs (PL)

File:Adolfo Costa du Rels.jpg|Adolfo Costa du Rels –
Minister of Foreign Affairs

File:Javier Paz Campero.jpg|Javier Paz Campero –
Minister of Foreign Affairs (PURS)

File:Juan Manuel Balcázar.jpg|Juan Manuel Balcázar –
Minister of Foreign Affairs (PURS)

File:Waldo Belmonte Pool - 2.jpg|Waldo Belmonte Pool –
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of National Defense (PURS)

File:Alberto Saavedra Nogales.jpg|Alberto Saavedra Nogales –
Minister of Foreign Affairs (PURS)

File:40 - Néstor Guillén.jpg|Néstor Guillén –
Minister of National Defense

File:Pedro Zilveti Arce.jpg|Pedro Zilveti –
Minister of National Defense (PURS)

File:Manuel Diez Canseco.jpg|Manuel Diez Canseco –
Minister of National Defense (PURS)

File:Héctor Ormachea Zalles.jpg|Héctor Ormachea Zalles –
Minister of Finance

File:Germán Costas.jpg|Germán Costas –
Minister of Economy (PURS)

File:Arturo Gutiérrez Tezanos-Pinto.jpg|Arturo Gutiérrez Tezanos-Pinto –
Minister of Economy (PL)

File:Carlos Morales Ugarte.webp|Carlos Morales Ugarte –
Minister of Work and Health

File:Melchor Pinto.jpg|Melchor Pinto –
Minister of Health

File:Armando Alba Zambrana.jpg|Armando Alba Zambrana –
Minister of Education

File:Osvaldo Gutiérrez.jpg|Osvaldo Gutiérrez –
Minister of Agriculture (PL)

File:Gilfredo Cortés Candia.jpg|Gilfredo Cortés Candia –
Minister of Agriculture (PURS)

Notes

References

Bibliography

{{Cite book|last=Gisbert|first=Carlos D. Mesa |author-link=Carlos Mesa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=81F7AAAAMAAJ|title=Presidentes de Bolivia: entre urnas y fusiles : el poder ejecutivo, los ministros de estado|date=2003|publisher=Editorial Gisbert|isbn=|location=|pages=348–350|language=es}}

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