Cabinet of José Miguel de Velasco IV

The Velasco IV Cabinet constituted the 16th cabinet of the Bolivian Republic. It was formed on 4 February 1848, 17 days after José Miguel de Velasco was reinstalled) as the 4th president of Bolivia following a coup d'état, succeeding the Guilarte Cabinet. It was dissolved on 16 October 1848 when acting president José María Linares merged all ministerial portfolios into a singular General Secretariat and was succeeded by the Cabinet of Manuel Isidoro Belzu.^[1]

Fourth Cabinet of José Miguel de Velasco Velasco IV Cabinet
16th Cabinet of the Bolivian Republic
1848
Date formed	4 February 1848
Date dissolved	16 October 1848 (8 months, 1 week and 5 days)
People and organisations
President	José Miguel de Velasco
No. of ministers	4
Total no. of members	5 (incl. former members)
History
Predecessor	Cabinet of Eusebio Guilarte
Successor	Cabinet of Manuel Isidoro Belzu

Composition

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Prof.	Took office	Left office	Term	Ref.
President	José Miguel de Velasco		Mil.	Mil.	18 January 1848	12 September 1848	323	[2]
					12 September 1848	6 December 1848		[3]
President of the Extraordinary Congress	José María Linares		Ind.	Law.	12 October 1848		55	[4][5] [6][a]
Minister General[b]	Casimiro Olañeta		Ind.	Law.	18 January 1848	4 February 1848	272	[2]
Minister of the Interior and Foreign Affairs					4 February 1848	16 October 1848		[7]
Minister General[b]	José María Calvimontes		Ind.	Jur.	16 October 1848	6 December 1848	51	[8][9]
Minister of War	Manuel Isidoro Belzu		Mil.	Mil.	4 February 1848	4 October 1848	243	[7][c]
	Felipe Álvarez		Mil.	Mil.	4 October 1848	16 October 1848	12	[10]
Minister of Finance	Andrés María Torrico[d]		Ind.	Mag.	4 February 1848	26 March 1848	255	[7]
					26 March 1848	16 October 1848		[11][12]
Minister of Public Instruction and Worship	Andrés María Torrico		Ind.	Mag.	4 February 1848	26 March 1848	51	[7][12]
	Manuel José de Asín		Ind.	Jur.	26 March 1848	16 October 1848	204	[11][13]

History

Upon his assumption to office, Velasco charged all ministerial portfolios to Casimiro Olañeta as minister general pending the formation of a proper ministerial cabinet.^[2] A full council of ministers was appointed on 4 February 1848, 17 days into his mandate, composed of four ministers. In this cabinet, the portfolio of foreign affairs, which in 1842 had been transferred to the Ministry of Public Instruction, was returned to the Ministry of the Interior. In turn, a new post under the name of worship and tasked with religious affairs was attached to the public instruction post.^[7]

On 12 October 1848, faced with a rebellion by Manuel Isidoro Belzu, Velasco provisionally transferred command to José María Linares, the president of the Extraordinary Congress.^[5] Four days later, Linares appointed José María Calvimontes as minister general tasked with the dispatch of all ministerial administrations for the duration of the crisis.^[8] This effectively dissolved Velasco's cabinet on that date.

One future president, Manuel Isidoro Belzu (1848–1855) was a member of this cabinet.

Cabinets

N°	Formed	Days	Decree
I	4 February 1848	255	Supreme Decree 04-02-1848