Upon his assumption to office in his capacity as president of the Council of State, Guilarte established his ministerial cabinet, the only one of his short, ten day, mandate. It consisted of four ministers including himself as he remained in the post of minister of war, a position he had been holding in the cabinet of José Ballivián.
One future president and one current president, Eusebio Guilarte (1847–1848; in office), and Tomás Frías (1872–1873; 1874–1876) were members of this cabinet.