Cabinet of José María Linares

Cabinet of José María Linares Linares Cabinet
24th Cabinet of the Bolivian Republic
1857–1861
Date formed	9 December 1857
Date dissolved	14 January 1861 (3 years, 1 month and 5 days)
People and organisations
President	José María Linares
No. of ministers	5
Total no. of members	7 (incl. former members)
History
Predecessor	Cabinet of Jorge Córdova
Successor	Government Junta

The Linares Cabinet constituted the 24th cabinet of the Bolivian Republic. It was formed on 9 December 1857, 91 days after José María Linares was installed as the 13th president of Bolivia following a coup d'état, succeeding the Córdova Cabinet. It was dissolved on 14 January 1861 upon Linares' overthrow in another coup d'état and was succeeded by a Government Junta.^[1]

Composition

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Prof.	Took office	Left office	Term	Ref.
President	José María Linares		Ind.	Law.	9 September 1857	14 January 1861	1,223	[2]
Secretary General[a]	Ruperto Fernández		Ind.	Law.	9 September 1857	9 December 1857	1,223	[3][b]
Minister of Government, Worship, and Justice					9 December 1857	10 November 1858		[4]
Minister of Government and Justice					10 November 1858	14 January 1861		[5]
Minister of War	Gregorio Pérez		Mil.	Mil.	9 December 1857	5 June 1858	178	[4]
	Lorenzo Velasco Flor[c]		Mil.	Mil.	5 June 1858	5 October 1858	122	[6]
	José María de Achá		Mil.	Mil.	5 October 1858	14 January 1861	832	[7][d]
Minister of Development	Manuel Buitrago		Ind.	Law.	9 December 1857	14 January 1861	1,132	[4]
Minister of Finance	Tomás Frías		Ind.	Law.	9 December 1857	10 November 1858	1,132	[4][8][e]
Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs					10 November 1858	14 January 1861		[5]
Minister of Public Instruction and Foreign Affairs	Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia		Ind.	Mag.	9 December 1857	10 November 1858	346	[4][9]
Minister of Public Instruction and Worship					10 November 1858	20 November 1858		[5]
	Evaristo Valle		Ind.	Law.	20 November 1858	14 January 1861	786	[10]

History

Upon his assumption to office, Linares charged all ministerial portfolios to Ruperto Fernández as secretary general pending the formation of a proper ministerial cabinet.^[3] A full council of ministers was appointed on 9 December 1857, three months later, composed of four ministers. In this cabinet, a new ministry, the Ministry of Development, was established.^[4]

Two future presidents, José María de Achá (1861–1864) and Tomás Frías (1872–1873; 1874–1876) were members of this cabinet.

Cabinets

N°	Formed	Days	Decree
I	9 December 1857	1,132	Supreme Decree 09-12-1857

Structural changes

Portfolio	Part of	Transferred to	Date	Decree
Development	None	Ministry of Development	9 December 1857	Supreme Decree 09-12-1857
Justice		Ministry of Government
Worship	Ministry of Government	Ministry of Public Instruction	10 November 1858	Supreme Decree 10-11-1858
Foreign Affairs	Ministry of Public Instruction	Ministry of Finance

References

Notes

1. Exerts command of all ministerial portfolios while the respective ministries are organized.
2. Argentine.
3. As Adjutant General of the Minister of War.
4. President N° 14.
5. President N° 17 (twice president).

Footnotes

1. Mesa Gisbert 2003, pp. 324–325
2. "Decreto Supremo de 9 de septiembre de 1857". Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (in Spanish). 9 September 1857. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
3. "Decreto Supremo de 9 de septiembre de 1857". Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (in Spanish). 9 September 1857. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
4. "Decreto Supremo de 9 de diciembre de 1857". Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (in Spanish). 9 December 1857. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
5. "Decreto Supremo de 10 de noviembre de 1858". Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (in Spanish). 10 November 1858. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
6. "Decreto Supremo de 1858-06-06". Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
7. "Decreto Supremo de 5 de octubre de 1858". Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (in Spanish). 5 October 1858. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
8. "Tomás Frías | Abogado Constitucionalista y Estadista". rree.gob.bo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
9. "Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia | Jurista, Político y Orador". rree.gob.bo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
10. "Decreto Supremo de 20 de noviembre de 1858". Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (in Spanish). 20 November 1858. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

Bibliography

• Mesa Gisbert, Carlos D. (2003). Presidentes de Bolivia: Entre Urnas y Fusiles (in Spanish) (3rd ed.). La Paz: Editorial Gisbert.