Cabinet of Manuel Isidoro Belzu explained

Cabinet Name:	Cabinet of Manuel Isidoro Belzu
Cabinet Number:	17th–22nd
Jurisdiction:	the Bolivian Republic
Flag:	Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg
Incumbent:	1849–1855
Date Formed:	10 February 1849
Date Dissolved:	15 August 1855
Government Head Title:	President
Government Head:	Manuel Isidoro Belzu
Members Number:	4
Total Number:	15
Election:	1850 general election
Previous:	Fourth Cabinet of José Miguel de Velasco
Successor:	Cabinet of Jorge Córdova

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.

Composition

Portfolio	Minister	Party			Took office	Left office	Term
President	Manuel Isidoro Belzu		Mil.	Mil.	6 December 1848	15 August 1850
		15 August 1850			15 August 1855	^[1]
Secretary General	Manuel José de Asín		Ind.	Jur.	13 December 1848	17 January 1849		^[2] ^[3] ^[4]
	Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia		Ind.	Mag.	17 January 1849	10 February 1849		^[5] ^[6]
Minister of the Interior and Foreign Affairs	Manuel José de Asín		Ind.	Jur.	10 February 1849	18 March 1849		^[7]
Secretary General	Tomás Baldivieso		Ind.	Mag.	18 March 1849	9 June 1849		^[8] ^[9]
Minister of the Interior and Foreign Affairs		9 June 1849			25 September 1851	^[10]
	Juan Crisòstomo Unzueta		Ind.	Mag.	25 September 1851	23 April 1852		^[11] ^[12]
Secretary General		23 April 1852			11 July 1852	^[13]
Minister of the Interior		11 July 1852			14 July 1852	^[14]
	Rudesindo Carvajal		Ind.	Law.	14 July 1852	6 September 1852		^[15]
		6 September 1852			6 July 1853	^[16]
Minister of the Interior and Worship		6 July 1853			18 August 1853	^[17]
	Joaquín de Aguirre		Ind.	Law.	18 August 1853	28 November 1853		^[18]
Minister of the Interior		28 November 1853			6 December 1853	^[19]
Secretary General		6 December 1853			31 January 1854	^[20]
Minister of the Interior and Worship		31 January 1854			28 November 1854	^[21]
Secretary General		28 November 1854			24 December 1854	^[22]
Minister of the Interior and Worship		24 December 1854			30 January 1855	^[23]
	José María Valda		Ind.	Law.	30 January 1855	15 August 1855		^[24]
Minister of War	José Gabriel Tellez		Mil.	Mil.	10 February 1849	31 January 1853
	Gonzalo Lanza		Mil.	Mil.	31 January 1853	21 July 1853		^[25]
	Juan Crisóstomo Hermosa		Mil.	Mil.	21 July 1853	24 December 1854		^[26]
	Luciano Alcoreza		Mil.	Mil.	24 December 1854	15 August 1855		^[27]
Minister of Finance	Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia		Ind.	Mag.	10 February 1849	9 June 1849
	Rafael Bustillo		Ind.	Law.	9 June 1849	9 September 1851		^[28]
	Tomás Baldivieso		Ind.	Mag.	9 September 1851	25 September 1851		^[29]
	Melchor Urquidi		Ind.	Mag.	25 September 1851	31 January 1853
	Atanacio Hernández		Ind.	Law.	31 January 1853	18 August 1853
	Manuel Eusebio Réyes		Ind.	Law.	18 August 1853	28 November 1853
Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs	Rafael Bustillo		Ind.	Law.	28 November 1853	31 January 1854
Minister of Finance	Manuel Eusebio Réyes		Ind.	Law.	31 January 1854	8 November 1854
	Rafael Bustillo		Ind.	Law.	8 November 1854	30 January 1855		^[30]
	Manuel Eusebio Réyes		Ind.	Law.	30 January 1855	15 August 1855
Minister of Public Instruction	Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia		Ind.	Mag.	10 February 1849	29 August 1849
Minister of Public Instruction and Worship	José Manuel Loza		Ind.	Chan.	29 August 1849	3 January 1850		^[31]
	José Agustin de la Tapia		Ind.	Chan.	3 January 1850	25 September 1851		^[32]
	Domingo Delgadillo		Ind.	Chan.	25 September 1851	11 July 1852		^[33]
Minister of Public Instruction and Foreign Affairs	Rafael Bustillo		Ind.	Law.	11 July 1852	14 July 1852
Minister of Public Instruction, Foreign Affairs, and Worship		14 July 1852			6 July 1853
Minister of Public Instruction and Foreign Affairs	Joaquín de Aguirre		Ind.	Law.	6 July 1853	18 August 1853
	Rafael Bustillo		Ind.	Law.	18 August 1853	28 November 1853
Minister of Public Instruction and Worship	José Agustin de la Tapia		Ind.	Law.	28 November 1853	31 January 1854
Minister of Public Instruction and Foreign Affairs	Rafael Bustillo		Ind.	Law.	31 January 1854	8 November 1854
	Juan de la Cruz Benavente		Ind.	Law.	8 November 1854	9 September 1857		^[34]

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

	Formed	Days	Decree
I	10 February 1849		Supreme Decree 10-02-1849
II	9 June 1849		Supreme Decree 09-06-1849
III	25 September 1851		Supreme Decree 25-09-1851
IV	11 July 1852		Supreme Decree 11-07-1852
V	18 August 1853		Supreme Decree 18-08-1853
VI	31 January 1854		Supreme Decree 31-01-1854

Structural changes

Portfolio	Part of	Transferred to	Date	Decree
Worship		Ministry of Public Instruction	29 August 1849	Supreme Decree 29-08-1849
	Ministry of Public Instruction		11 July 1852	Supreme Decree 11-07-1852
Foreign Affairs	Ministry of the Interior	Ministry of Public Instruction
Worship		Ministry of Public Instruction	14 July 1852	Supreme Decree 14-07-1852
	Ministry of Public Instruction	Ministry of the Interior	6 July 1853	Supreme Decree 06-07-1853
	Ministry of the Interior	Ministry of Public Instruction	28 November 1853	Supreme Decree 28-11-1853
Foreign Affairs	Ministry of Public Instruction	Ministry of Finance
	Ministry of Finance	Ministry of Public Instruction	31 January 1854	Supreme Decree 31-01-1854
Worship	Ministry of Public Instruction	Ministry of the Interior

References

Bibliography

• Book: Mesa Gisbert, Carlos D.. Presidentes de Bolivia: entre urnas y fusiles El poder ejecutivo: los ministros de estado. Editorial Gisbert. 2003. Third. La Paz. es. Carlos Mesa.

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