Cabinet of José Miguel de Velasco III

The Velasco III Cabinet constituted the 10th and 11th cabinets of the Bolivian Republic. It was formed on 27 March 1839, thirty-three days after José Miguel de Velasco was reinstalled as the 4th president of Bolivia following a coup d'état, succeeding the Santa Cruz Cabinet. It was dissolved on 10 June 1841 upon Velasco's overthrow in another coup d'état and was succeeded by the Cabinet of José Ballivián.^[2]

Third Cabinet of José Miguel de Velasco Velasco III Cabinet
10th–11th Cabinet of the Bolivian Republic
1839–1841
Date formed	27 March 1839
Date dissolved	10 June 1841 (2 years, 2 months and 2 weeks)
People and organisations
President	José Miguel de Velasco
Vice President	Vacant[a]
No. of ministers	4
Total no. of members	10 (incl. former members)
History
Predecessor	Cabinet of Andrés de Santa Cruz
Successor	Cabinet of José Ballivián[b]

Composition

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Prof.	Took office	Left office	Term	Ref.
President	José Miguel de Velasco		Mil.	Mil.	22 February 1839	15 August 1840	839	[3][4]
					15 August 1840	10 June 1841		[5]
Vice President	Office vacant 22 February – 26 October 1839						246	[1]
	Office abolished
Minister General[c]	Manuel María Urcullu		Ind.	Mag.	22 February 1839	27 March 1839	267	[4][6]
Minister of the Interior and Foreign Affairs					27 March 1839	16 November 1839		[7]
	José María Linares		Ind.	Law.	16 November 1839	10 June 1841	572	[8][9][d]
Minister of War	Manuel Dorado[e]		Mil.	Mil.	27 March 1839	14 July 1839	109	[7]
	Manuel Eusebio Ruiz		Mil.	Mil.	14 July 1839	26 October 1839	125	[10]
Minister of War and Navy					26 October 1839	16 November 1839		[1]
	Manuel Dorado		Mil.	Mil.	16 November 1839	19 February 1841	461	[8]
	Carlos Medinaceli		Mil.	Mil.	19 February 1841	10 June 1841	111	[11]
Minister of Finance	Miguel María de Aguirre		Ind.	Eco.	27 March 1839	15 June 1839	80	[7]
	Gregorio Aníbarro		Ind.	Law.	15 June 1839	27 June 1839	12	[12]
	José María Dalence		Ind.	Mag.	27 June 1839	16 November 1839	142	[13]
	Miguel María de Aguirre		Ind.	Eco.	16 November 1839	10 June 1841	572	[8]
Minister of Public Instruction	Office vacant 26 October 1839 – 16 November 1839						21	[1]
	Tomás Frías		Ind.	Law.	16 November 1839	16 November 1840	366	[8][14][f]
	Manuel Sánchez de Velasco		Ind.	Law.	16 November 1840	10 June 1841	206	[15]

History

Upon his assumption to office, Velasco charged all ministerial portfolios to Manuel María Urcullu, minister of the Supreme Court of Justice, as minister general pending the formation of a proper ministerial cabinet. A full council of ministers was appointed on 27 March 1839, 33 days into his mandate, composed of three ministers. The Political Constitution of 1839 expanded the number of ministerial posts to four with the introduction of the Ministry of Public Instruction. At the same time, the new constitution abolished the office of the vice president, a fact which remained the case until 1878.^[16]

Two future presidents, José María Linares (1857–1861) and Tomás Frías (1872–1873; 1874–1876) were members of this cabinet. A third, José Ballivián (1841–1847), was appointed but never took office, having rebelled against the government.

Cabinets

N°	Date	Decree
I	27 March 1839	Supreme Decree 27-03-1839
II	16 November 1839	Supreme Decree 16-11-1839

Structural changes

Portfolio	Part of	Transferred to	Date	Decree
Navy	Ministry of War	Ministry of War and Navy	26 October 1839	1839 Political Constitution
Instruction	None	Ministry of Public Instruction