| Juan de la Cruz Benavente | |
| Office: | Minister of Government, Justice, and Foreign Affairs |
| President: | José María de Achá |
| Term Start: | 22 December 1862 |
| Term End: | 28 March 1863 |
| Predecessor: | Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia |
| Successor: | Marceliano Cárdenas |
| Office1: | Minister General |
| President1: | Jorge Córdova |
| Term Start1: | 15 August 1855 |
| Term End1: | 17 August 1855 |
| Predecessor1: | Office established José María Valda |
| Successor1: | Office dissolved Basilio Cuéllar |
| Office2: | Minister of Public Instruction and Foreign Affairs |
| President2: | Manuel Isidoro Belzu Jorge Córdova |
| Term Start2: | 8 November 1854 |
| Term End2: | 9 September 1857 |
| Predecessor2: | Rafael Bustillo |
| Successor2: | Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia |
| Birth Name: | Juan de la Cruz Benavente |
| Birth Date: | c. 1818 |
| Nationality: | Bolivian |
Juan de la Cruz Benavente (c. 1818 – 27 March 1876) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as minister of government and foreign affairs from 1862 to 1863. He previously served as minister of public instruction and foreign affairs from 1854 to 1857. In 1863, he was named Bolivia's Minister Plenipotentiary in Peru and was charged with the negotiations that led to the signing of the Treaty of Defensive Alliance with Peru on February 6, 1873.