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Cabinet of Jorge Córdova
Córdova Cabinet
Cabinet of Jorge Córdova; Córdova Cabinet
; 23rd Cabinet of the Bolivian Republic
1855–1857
Date formed	17 August 1855
Date dissolved	9 September 1857; (2 years, 3 weeks and 2 days)
People and organisations
President	Jorge Córdova
No. of ministers	4
History
Election	1855 general election
Predecessor	Cabinet of Manuel Isidoro Belzu
Successor	Cabinet of José María Linares

The Córdova Cabinet constituted the 23rd cabinet of the Bolivian Republic. It was formed on 17 August 1855, 2 days after Jorge Córdova was sworn-in as the 12th president of Bolivia following the 1855 general election, succeeding the Belzu Cabinet. It was dissolved on 9 September 1857 upon Córdova's overthrow in a coup d'état and was succeeded by the Cabinet of José María Linares.^[1]

Composition

Portfolio	Minister		Prof.	Took office	Left office	Term	Ref.
President	Jorge Córdova	Mil.	Mil.	15 August 1855	9 September 1857	756	^[2]

Minister General^[a]	Juan de la Cruz Benavente	Ind.	Law.	15 August 1855	17 August 1855	2	^[3]
Minister of the Interior and Worship	Basilio Cuéllar	Ind.	Law.	17 August 1855	9 September 1857	754	^[4]

Minister of War	José María Pérez de Urdininea	Mil.	Mil.	15 August 1855	9 September 1857	756	^[3]^[b]

Minister of Finance and Material Police	Miguel María de Aguirre	Ind.	Eco.	17 August 1855	9 September 1857	754	^[4]

Minister of Public Instruction and Foreign Affairs	Juan de la Cruz Benavente	Ind.	Law.	8 November 1854	9 September 1857	1,036	^[4]^[5]^[c]

History

Upon his assumption to office, Córdova charged all ministerial portfolios to Juan de la Cruz Benavente as minister general pending the formation of a proper ministerial cabinet.^[3] De la Cruz had already been serving as minister of public instruction and foreign affairs in the cabinet of Manuel Isidoro Belzu since 8 November 1854.^[6] A full council of ministers was appointed on 17 August 1855, two days later, composed of four ministers. In this cabinet, a new department, material police, was established as part of the Ministry of Finance.^[4]

One ex-president, José María Pérez de Urdininea (1828) was a member of this cabinet.

Cabinets

N°	Formed	Days	Decree
I	17 August 1855	754	Supreme Decree 17-08-1855

Structural changes

Portfolio	Part of	Transferred to	Date	Decree
Police	None	Ministry of Finance	17 August 1855	Supreme Decree 17-08-1855

References

Notes

^ Exerts command of all ministerial portfolios, except war, while the respective ministries are organized.
^ Ex-president N° 03.
^ Belzu + Córdova.

Footnotes

^ Mesa Gisbert 2003, pp. 322–323
^ "Ley de 11 de agosto de 1855". Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (in Spanish). 11 August 1855. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Decreto Supremo de 15 de agosto de 1855". Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (in Spanish). 15 August 1855. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Decreto Supremo de 17 de agosto de 1857". Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (in Spanish). 17 August 1857. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
^ "Juan de la Cruz Benavente | Político y Abogado Internacionalista". rree.gob.bo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
^ "Decreto Supremo de 8 de noviembre de 1854". Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (in Spanish). 8 November 1854. Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.