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Cabinet of Manuel Isidoro Belzu

{{Short description|Bolivian presidential administration and ministerial cabinet from 1848 to 1855}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox government cabinet

| cabinet_name = Cabinet of Manuel Isidoro Belzu
{{Small|Belzu Cabinet}}

| cabinet_number = 17th–22nd

| jurisdiction = the Bolivian Republic

| flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg

| incumbent = 1849–1855

| image = 11 - Manuel Isidoro Belzu (CROPPED).png

| date_formed = 10 February 1849

| date_dissolved = 15 August 1855
({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=02|day1=10|year1=1849|month2=08|day2=15|year2=1855}})

| government_head_title = President

| government_head = Manuel Isidoro Belzu

| members_number = 4

| total_number = 15 (incl. former members){{efn|Acting senior officers are not included in this count.}}

| election = 1850 general election

| previous = Fourth Cabinet of José Miguel de Velasco

| successor = Cabinet of Jorge Córdova

}}

{{Politics of Bolivia}}

The Belzu Cabinet constituted the 17th to 22nd cabinets of the Bolivian Republic. It was formed on 10 February 1849, 66 days after Manuel Isidoro Belzu was installed as the 11th president of Bolivia following a coup d'état, succeeding the Fourth Velasco Cabinet. It was dissolved on 15 August 1855 upon the end of Belzu's term and was succeeded by the Cabinet of Jorge Córdova.{{harvnb|Mesa Gisbert|2003|pp=322–323}}

Composition

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"

! Portfolio

! Minister

! colspan="2" | Party

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

! Took office

! Left office

! Term

! {{abbr|2=Reference|Ref.}}

rowspan=2 | President

| rowspan=2 | Manuel Isidoro Belzu

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Military rule}};" |

| rowspan=2 | Mil.

| rowspan=2 | Mil.

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 6 December 1848

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 15 August 1850

| rowspan=2 | {{age in days|6 December 1848|15 August 1855}}

|

15 August 1850

| 15 August 1855

| {{Cite web|date=1850-08-14|title=Ley de 14 de agosto de 1850|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1850-08-14/1850-08-14|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-24|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025161937/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1850-08-14/1850-08-14 |archive-date=25 October 2021 }}

colspan="9" bgcolor="#EAECF0" |
rowspan=2 | Secretary General{{efn|name=fn1|Exerts command of all ministerial portfolios while the respective ministries are organized.}}

| Manuel José de Asín

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

| Ind.

| Jur.

| 13 December 1848

| 17 January 1849

| {{age in days|13 December 1848|17 January 1849}}

| {{Cite web|date=1848-12-13|title=Decreto Supremo de 13 de diciembre de 1848|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/busquedag1?q=GENERAL+DEL+GOBIERNO+SUPREMO|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114042822/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/busquedag1?q=GENERAL+DEL+GOBIERNO+SUPREMO |archive-date=14 November 2021 }}{{Cite web|date=1848-12-13|title=Decreto Supremo de 13 de diciembre de 1848|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/busquedag1?q=ARREGLO+PERSONAL+DE|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114042822/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/busquedag1?q=ARREGLO+PERSONAL+DE |archive-date=14 November 2021 }}{{Cite web|title=Manuel José de Asín {{!}} Jurisconsulto y Político|url=http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Manuel%20Jose%20Asin.JPG&texto=MANUEL%20JOSE%20DE%20ASIN%20FRANCO.txt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219183846/http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Manuel%20Jose%20Asin.JPG&texto=MANUEL%20JOSE%20DE%20ASIN%20FRANCO.txt#selection-17.0-17.24|archive-date=2013-02-19|access-date=2021-11-14|website=rree.gob.bo|language=es}}

Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia

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

| Ind.

| Mag.

| 17 January 1849

| 10 February 1849

| {{age in days|17 January 1849|10 February 1849}}

| {{Cite web|date=1849-01-17|title=Decreto Supremo de 17 de enero de 1849|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1849-01-17/1849-01-17|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106182827/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1849-01-17/1849-01-17 |archive-date=6 November 2021 }}{{Cite web|title=Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia {{!}} Jurista, Político y Orador|url=http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Lucas%20Mendoza%20de%20la%20Tapia.JPG&texto=LUCAS%20MENDOZA%20DE%20LA%20TAPIA.txt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219181014/http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Lucas%20Mendoza%20de%20la%20Tapia.JPG&texto=LUCAS%20MENDOZA%20DE%20LA%20TAPIA.txt|archive-date=2013-02-19|access-date=2021-11-14|website=rree.gob.bo|language=es}}

Minister of the Interior
and Foreign Affairs

| Manuel José de Asín

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

| Ind.

| Jur.

| 10 February 1849

| 18 March 1849

| {{age in days|10 February 1849|18 March 1849}}

| {{Cite web|date=1849-02-10|title=Decreto Supremo de 10 de febrero de 1849|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1849-02-10/1849-02-10|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106183603/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1849-02-10/1849-02-10 |archive-date=6 November 2021 }}

Secretary General{{efn|name=fn1}}

| rowspan=2 | Tomás Baldivieso

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

| rowspan=2 | Ind.

| rowspan=2 | Mag.

| 18 March 1849

| 9 June 1849

| rowspan=2 | {{age in days|18 March 1849|25 September 1851}}

| {{Cite web|date=1849-03-18|title=Decreto Supremo de 18 de marzo de 1849|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1849-03-18/1849-03-18|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114074246/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1849-03-18/1849-03-18 |archive-date=14 November 2021 }}{{Cite web|title=Tomás Baldivieso {{!}} Magistrado y Hombre Público|url=http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Tomas%20Baldivieso.JPG&texto=TOMAS%20BALDIVIESO.txt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219175646/http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Tomas%20Baldivieso.JPG&texto=TOMAS%20BALDIVIESO.txt|archive-date=2013-02-19|access-date=2021-11-14|website=rree.gob.bo|language=es}}

rowspan=2 | Minister of the Interior
and Foreign Affairs

| 9 June 1849

| 25 September 1851

| {{Cite web|date=1849-06-09|title=Decreto Supremo de 9 de junio de 1849|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1849-06-09/1849-06-09|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106184249/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1849-06-09/1849-06-09 |archive-date=6 November 2021 }}

rowspan=3 | Juan Crisòstomo Unzueta

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

| rowspan=3 | Ind.

| rowspan=3 | Mag.

| 25 September 1851

| 23 April 1852

| rowspan=3 | {{age in days|25 September 1851|14 July 1852}}

| {{Cite web|date=1851-09-25|title=Decreto Supremo de 25 de septiembre de 1851|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1851-09-25/1851-09-25|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106190040/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1851-09-25/1851-09-25 |archive-date=6 November 2021 }}{{Cite web|title=Juan Crisòstomo Unzueta {{!}} Magistrado y Hombre Público|url=http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Juan%20Crisostomo%20Unzueta.JPG&texto=JUAN%20CRISOSTOMO%20UNZUETA.txt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219180915/http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Juan%20Crisostomo%20Unzueta.JPG&texto=JUAN%20CRISOSTOMO%20UNZUETA.txt|archive-date=2013-02-19|access-date=2021-11-14|website=rree.gob.bo|language=es}}

Secretary General{{efn|name=fn1}}

| 23 April 1852

| 11 July 1852

| {{Cite web|date=1852-04-23|title=Decreto Supremo de 23 de abril de 1852|url=https://scholarship.rice.edu/jsp/xml/1911/27264/1/aa00385.tei.html#div2070|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=scholarship.rice.edu|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528094022/http://scholarship.rice.edu:80/jsp/xml/1911/27264/1/aa00385.tei.html |archive-date=28 May 2010 }}

rowspan=3 | Minister of the Interior

| 11 July 1852

| 14 July 1852

| {{Cite web|date=1852-07-11|title=Decreto Supremo de 11 de julio de 1852|url=https://scholarship.rice.edu/jsp/xml/1911/27264/1/aa00385.tei.html#div2075|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=scholarship.rice.edu|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528094022/http://scholarship.rice.edu:80/jsp/xml/1911/27264/1/aa00385.tei.html |archive-date=28 May 2010 }}

rowspan=3 | Rudesindo Carvajal

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

| rowspan=3 | Ind.

| rowspan=3 | Law.

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 14 July 1852

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 6 September 1852

| rowspan=3 | {{age in days|14 July 1852|18 August 1853}}

| {{Cite web|date=1852-07-14|title=Decreto Supremo de 14 de julio de 1852|url=https://scholarship.rice.edu/jsp/xml/1911/27264/1/aa00385.tei.html#div2076|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=scholarship.rice.edu|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528094022/http://scholarship.rice.edu:80/jsp/xml/1911/27264/1/aa00385.tei.html |archive-date=28 May 2010 }}

6 September 1852

| 6 July 1853

| {{Cite web|date=1852-09-06|title=Decreto Supremo de 6 de septiembre de 1852|url=https://scholarship.rice.edu/jsp/xml/1911/27264/1/aa00385.tei.html#div2101|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=scholarship.rice.edu|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528094022/http://scholarship.rice.edu:80/jsp/xml/1911/27264/1/aa00385.tei.html |archive-date=28 May 2010 }}

rowspan=2 | Minister of the Interior
and Worship

| 6 July 1853

| 18 August 1853

| {{Cite web|date=1853-07-06|title=Decreto Supremo de 6 de julio de 1853|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1853-07-06/1853-07-06|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106193438/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1853-07-06/1853-07-06 |archive-date=6 November 2021 }}

rowspan=6 | Joaquín de Aguirre

| rowspan=6 style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| rowspan=6 | Ind.

| rowspan=6 | Law.

| 18 August 1853

| 28 November 1853

| rowspan=6 | {{age in days|18 August 1853|30 January 1855}}

| {{Cite web|date=1853-08-18|title=Decreto Supremo de 18 de agosto de 1853|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/busquedag1?q=RAFAEL+BUSTILLO+REASUME|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106193437/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/busquedag1?q=RAFAEL+BUSTILLO+REASUME |archive-date=6 November 2021 }}

Minister of the Interior

| 28 November 1853

| 6 December 1853

| {{Cite web|date=1853-11-28|title=Decreto Supremo de 28 de noviembre de 1853|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1853-11-28/1853-11-28|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114060415/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1853-11-28/1853-11-28 |archive-date=14 November 2021 }}

Secretary General{{efn|name=fn1}}

| 6 December 1853

| 31 January 1854

| {{Cite web|date=1853-12-06|title=Decreto Supremo de 6 de diciembre de 1853|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1853-12-06/1853-12-06|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114055835/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1853-12-06/1853-12-06 |archive-date=14 November 2021 }}

Minister of the Interior
and Worship

| 31 January 1854

| 28 November 1854

| {{Cite web|date=1854-01-31|title=Decreto Supremo de 31 de enero de 1854|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/busquedag1?q=CESA+LA+SECRETAR%C3%8DA+JENERAL|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114055832/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/busquedag1?q=CESA+LA+SECRETAR%C3%8DA+JENERAL |archive-date=14 November 2021 }}

Secretary General{{efn|name=fn1}}

| 28 November 1854

| 24 December 1854

| {{Cite web|date=1854-11-28|title=Decreto Supremo de 28 de noviembre de 1854|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1854-11-28/1854-11-28|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114202918/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1854-11-28/1854-11-28 |archive-date=14 November 2021 }}

rowspan=2 | Minister of the Interior
and Worship

| 24 December 1854

| 30 January 1855

| {{Cite web|date=1854-12-24|title=Decreto Supremo de 24 de diciembre de 1854|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1854-12-24/1854-12-24|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114202916/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1854-12-24/1854-12-24 |archive-date=14 November 2021 }}

José María Valda{{efn|As Senior Officer of the Ministry of the Interior.}}

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

| Ind.

| Law.

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 30 January 1855

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 15 August 1855

| {{age in days|30 January 1855|15 August 1855}}

| {{Cite web|date=1855-01-30|title=Decreto Supremo de 30 de enero de 1855|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1855-01-30/1855-01-30|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106195125/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1855-01-30/1855-01-30 |archive-date=6 November 2021 }}

colspan="9" bgcolor="#EAECF0" |
rowspan=4 | Minister of War

| José Gabriel Tellez

| style="background-color:{{party color|Military rule}};" |

| Mil.

| Mil.

| 10 February 1849

| 31 January 1853

| {{age in days|10 February 1849|31 January 1853}}

|

Gonzalo Lanza

| style="background-color:{{party color|Military rule}};" |

| Mil.

| Mil.

| 31 January 1853

| 21 July 1853

| {{age in days|31 January 1853|21 July 1853}}

| {{Cite web|date=1853-01-31|title=Decreto Supremo de 31 de enero de 1853|url=https://scholarship.rice.edu/jsp/xml/1911/27264/1/aa00385.tei.html#div2141|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=scholarship.rice.edu|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528094022/http://scholarship.rice.edu:80/jsp/xml/1911/27264/1/aa00385.tei.html |archive-date=28 May 2010 }}

Juan Crisóstomo Hermosa{{efn|name=fn2|As Senior Officer of the Ministry of War.}}

| style="background-color:{{party color|Military rule}};" |

| Mil.

| Mil.

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 21 July 1853

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 24 December 1854

| {{age in days|21 July 1853|24 December 1854}}

| {{Cite web|date=1853-07-21|title=Decreto Supremo de 21 de julio de 1853|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/busquedag1?q=POR+INHIBICION+DEL+SE%C3%91OR|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114194109/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/busquedag1?q=POR+INHIBICION+DEL+SE%C3%91OR |archive-date=14 November 2021 }}

Luciano Alcoreza{{efn|name=fn2}}

| style="background-color:{{party color|Military rule}};" |

| Mil.

| Mil.

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 24 December 1854

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 15 August 1855

| {{age in days|24 December 1854|15 August 1855}}

| {{Cite web|date=1854-12-24|title=Decreto Supremo de 24 de diciembre de 1854|url=https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/27468/aa00408_02_0338.jpg?sequence=365|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=scholarship.rice.edu|quote=El despacho del Ministerio de la Guerra queda a cargo del Jefe de Estado Mayor Jeneral, Oficial Mayor Coronel Luciano Alcoreza.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114091624/https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/27468/aa00408_02_0338.jpg?sequence=365 |archive-date=14 November 2021 }}

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rowspan=6 | Minister of Finance

| Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia{{efn|As Minister of Public Instruction; acting for Tomás Frías who never took office.}}

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

| Ind.

| Mag.

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 10 February 1849

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 9 June 1849

| {{age in days|10 February 1849|9 June 1849}}

|

Rafael Bustillo

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

| Ind.

| Law.

| 9 June 1849

| 9 September 1851

| {{age in days|9 June 1849|9 September 1851}}

| {{Cite web|title=Rafael Bustillo {{!}} El hombre que resistió la geopolítica expansionista de Chile|url=http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Rafael%20Bustillo.JPG&texto=MARIANO%20RAFAEL%20BUSTILLO%20MONTESINOS.txt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219192513/http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Rafael%20Bustillo.JPG&texto=MARIANO%20RAFAEL%20BUSTILLO%20MONTESINOS.txt|archive-date=2013-02-19|access-date=2021-11-14|website=rree.gob.bo|language=es}}

Tomás Baldivieso{{efn|As Minister of the Interior.}}

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

| Ind.

| Mag.

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 9 September 1851

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 25 September 1851

| {{age in days|9 September 1851|25 September 1851}}

| {{Cite web|date=1851-09-09|title=Decreto Supremo de 9 de septiembre de 1851|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1851-09-09/1851-09-09|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114185150/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1851-09-09/1851-09-09 |archive-date=14 November 2021 }}

Melchor Urquidi

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

| Ind.

| Mag.

| 25 September 1851

| 31 January 1853

| {{age in days|25 September 1851|31 January 1853}}

|

Atanacio Hernández

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

| Ind.

| Law.

| 31 January 1853

| 18 August 1853

| {{age in days|31 January 1853|18 August 1853}}

|

Manuel Eusebio Réyes{{efn|name=fn3|As Senior Officer of the Ministry of Finance.}}

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

| Ind.

| Law.

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 18 August 1853

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 28 November 1853

| {{age in days|18 August 1853|28 November 1853}}

|

Minister of Finance
and Foreign Affairs

| Rafael Bustillo

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

| Ind.

| Law.

| 28 November 1853

| 31 January 1854

| {{age in days|28 November 1853|31 January 1854}}

|

rowspan=3 | Minister of Finance

| Manuel Eusebio Réyes{{efn|name=fn3}}

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

| Ind.

| Law.

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 31 January 1854

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 8 November 1854

| {{age in days|31 January 1854|8 November 1854}}

|

Rafael Bustillo

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

| Ind.

| Law.

| 8 November 1854

| 30 January 1855

| {{age in days|8 November 1854|30 January 1855}}

| {{Cite web|date=1854-11-08|title=Decreto Supremo de 8 de noviembre de 1854|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1854-11-08/1854-11-08|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114061723/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1854-11-08/1854-11-08 |archive-date=14 November 2021 }}

Manuel Eusebio Réyes{{efn|name=fn3}}

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

| Ind.

| Law.

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 30 January 1855

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 15 August 1855

| {{age in days|30 January 1855|15 August 1855}}

|

colspan="9" bgcolor="#EAECF0" |
Minister of Public Instruction

| Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia

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

| Ind.

| Mag.

| 10 February 1849

| 29 August 1849

| {{age in days|10 February 1849|29 August 1849}}

|

rowspan=3 | Minister of Public Instruction
and Worship

| José Manuel Loza

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

| Ind.

| Chan.

| 29 August 1849

| 3 January 1850

| {{age in days|29 August 1849|3 January 1850}}

| {{Cite web|date=1849-08-29|title=Decreto Supremo de 29 de agosto de 1849|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1849-08-29/1849-08-29|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114045514/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1849-08-29/1849-08-29 |archive-date=14 November 2021 }}

José Agustin de la Tapia

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

| Ind.

| Chan.

| 3 January 1850

| 25 September 1851

| {{age in days|3 January 1850|25 September 1851}}

| {{Cite web|date=1850-01-03|title=Decreto Supremo de 3 de enero de 1850|url=http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1850-01-03/1850-01-03|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-14|website=Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114045511/http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1850-01-03/1850-01-03 |archive-date=14 November 2021 }}

Domingo Delgadillo

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

| Ind.

| Chan.

| 25 September 1851

| 11 July 1852

| {{age in days|25 September 1851|11 July 1852}}

| {{Cite web|title=Domingo Delgadillo {{!}} Literato, Periodista, Diplomático y Educador|url=http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Domingo%20Delgadillo.JPG&texto=DOMINGO%20DELGADILLO.txt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219182625/http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Domingo%20Delgadillo.JPG&texto=DOMINGO%20DELGADILLO.txt|archive-date=2013-02-19|access-date=2021-11-14|website=rree.gob.bo|language=es}}

Minister of Public Instruction
and Foreign Affairs

| rowspan=2 | Rafael Bustillo

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

| rowspan=2 | Ind.

| rowspan=2 | Law.

| 11 July 1852

| 14 July 1852

| rowspan=2 | {{age in days|11 July 1852|6 July 1853}}

|

Minister of Public Instruction,
Foreign Affairs, and Worship

| 14 July 1852

| 6 July 1853

|

rowspan=2 | Minister of Public Instruction
and Foreign Affairs

| Joaquín de Aguirre

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

| Ind.

| Law.

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 6 July 1853

| style="background-color:#FFFFE0;" | 18 August 1853

| {{age in days|6 July 1853|18 August 1853}}

|

Rafael Bustillo

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

| Ind.

| Law.

| 18 August 1853

| 28 November 1853

| {{age in days|18 August 1853|28 November 1853}}

|

Minister of Public Instruction
and Worship

| José Agustin de la Tapia

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

| Ind.

| Law.

| 28 November 1853

| 31 January 1854

| {{age in days|28 November 1853|31 January 1854}}

|

rowspan=2 | Minister of Public Instruction
and Foreign Affairs

| Rafael Bustillo

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

| Ind.

| Law.

| 31 January 1854

| 8 November 1854

| {{age in days|31 January 1854|8 November 1854}}

|

Juan de la Cruz Benavente

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

| Ind.

| Law.

| 8 November 1854

| 9 September 1857

| {{age in days|8 November 1854|9 September 1857}}

| {{Cite web|title=Juan de la Cruz Benavente {{!}} Político y Abogado Internacionalista|url=http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Juan%20de%20la%20Cruz%20Benavente.JPG&texto=JUAN%20DE%20LA%20CRUZ%20BENAVENTE.txt|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219182510/http://www.rree.gob.bo/webmre/listacancilleres/canciller.aspx?imagen=Juan%20de%20la%20Cruz%20Benavente.JPG&texto=JUAN%20DE%20LA%20CRUZ%20BENAVENTE.txt|archive-date=2013-02-19|access-date=2021-11-14|website=rree.gob.bo|language=es}}{{efn|Belzu + Córdova.}}

History

A few days after his assumption to office, Belzu charged all ministerial portfolios to Manuel José de Asín, as secretary general pending the formation of a proper ministerial cabinet. This charged was transferred to Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia on 17 January 1849. A full council of ministers was appointed on 10 February 1849, almost 2 months since the formation of the General Secretariat.

Due to various circumstances during Belzu's rule, the four ministries were reunited into a single General Secretariat during which time the minister of the interior was charged with executing all ministerial portfolios. This occurred on four occasions in 1849, 1852, from 1853 to 1854, and 1854. The longest of these was the first which lasted for 83 days between 18 March and 9 June 1849 while the shortest was the last at 26 days from 28 November to 24 December 1854.

The most prolific member of this cabinet was Rafael Bustillo who served a total of six different times, switching between the public instruction and finance portfolios. His longest single term was spent as minister of finance, lasting 822 days between 9 June 1849 and 9 September 1851. His shortest, at 64 days, came when he was reappointed to that position from 28 November 1853 to 31 January 1854. Cumulatively, he spent 1712 days (4 years and 8 months) as a government minister.

= Cabinets =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! {{tooltip|2=Number|N°}}

! Formed

! Days

! Decree

I

| 10 February 1849

| {{age in days|10 February 1849|9 June 1849}}

| [http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1849-02-10/1849-02-10 Supreme Decree 10-02-1849]

II

| 9 June 1849

| {{age in days|9 June 1849|25 September 1851}}

| [http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1849-06-09/1849-06-09 Supreme Decree 09-06-1849]

III

| 25 September 1851

| {{age in days|25 September 1851|11 July 1852}}

| [http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1851-09-25/1851-09-25 Supreme Decree 25-09-1851]

IV

| 11 July 1852

| {{age in days|11 July 1852|18 August 1853}}

| [https://scholarship.rice.edu/jsp/xml/1911/27264/1/aa00385.tei.html#div2075 Supreme Decree 11-07-1852]

V

| 18 August 1853

| {{age in days|18 August 1853|31 January 1854}}

| [http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/busquedag1?q=RAFAEL+BUSTILLO+REASUME Supreme Decree 18-08-1853]

VI

| 31 January 1854

| {{age in days|31 January 1854|15 August 1855}}

| [http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/busquedag1?q=CESA+LA+SECRETAR%C3%8DA+JENERAL Supreme Decree 31-01-1854]

= Structural changes =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! Portfolio

! Part of

! Transferred to

! Date

! Decree

rowspan=2 | Worship

| {{CNone|None}}

| Ministry of Public Instruction

| 29 August 1849

| [http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1849-08-29/1849-08-29 Supreme Decree 29-08-1849]

Ministry of Public Instruction

| {{CNone|None}}

| rowspan=2 | 11 July 1852

| rowspan=2 | [https://scholarship.rice.edu/jsp/xml/1911/27264/1/aa00385.tei.html#div2075 Supreme Decree 11-07-1852]

Foreign Affairs

| Ministry of the Interior

| Ministry of Public Instruction

rowspan=3 | Worship

| {{CNone|None}}

| Ministry of Public Instruction

| 14 July 1852

| [https://scholarship.rice.edu/jsp/xml/1911/27264/1/aa00385.tei.html#div2076 Supreme Decree 14-07-1852]

Ministry of Public Instruction

| Ministry of the Interior

| 6 July 1853

| [http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1853-07-06/1853-07-06 Supreme Decree 06-07-1853]

Ministry of the Interior

| Ministry of Public Instruction

| rowspan=2 | 28 November 1853

| rowspan=2 | [http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/buscarFecha/1853-11-28/1853-11-28 Supreme Decree 28-11-1853]

rowspan=2 | Foreign Affairs

| Ministry of Public Instruction

| Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Finance

| Ministry of Public Instruction

| rowspan=2 | 31 January 1854

| rowspan=2 | [http://www.gacetaoficialdebolivia.gob.bo/normas/busquedag1?q=CESA+LA+SECRETAR%C3%8DA+JENERAL Supreme Decree 31-01-1854]

Worship

| Ministry of Public Instruction

| Ministry of the Interior

References

= Notes =

{{Noteslist}}

= Footnotes =

{{Reflist}}

= Bibliography =

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  • {{Cite book|last=Mesa Gisbert|first=Carlos D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=81F7AAAAMAAJ|title=Presidentes de Bolivia: entre urnas y fusiles {{!}} El poder ejecutivo: los ministros de estado|publisher=Editorial Gisbert|year=2003|edition=Third|location=La Paz|language=es|author-link=Carlos Mesa}}

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