Cabinet of Agustín Morales

The Morales Cabinet constituted the 31st to 32nd cabinets of the Republic of Bolivia. It was formed on 22 June 1871 after Agustín Morales took power in a coup d'état, succeeding the Melgarejo cabinet. It was dissolved on 27 November 1872 when Morales was assassinated. All Ministers of State were ratified in their positions by the new cabinet formed by Morales' successor Tomás Frías.^[1]

Cabinet of Agustín Morales Morales Cabinet
31st–32nd Cabinet of the Republic of Bolivia
1871–1873
Date formed	22 June 1871
Date dissolved	27 November 1872 (1 year, 5 months and 5 days)
People and organisations
President	Agustín Morales
No. of ministers	4
Total no. of members	8 (incl. former members)
History
Predecessor	Cabinet of Mariano Melgarejo
Successor	First Cabinet of Tomás Frías

Composition

Portfolio	Minister	Party		Prof.	Took office	Left office	Term	Ref.
President	Agustín Morales		Mil.	Mil.	15 January 1871	25 August 1872	682	[a]
					25 August 1872	27 November 1872		[3]
Secretary General[b]	Casimiro Corral		Ind.	Law.	15 January 1871	22 June 1871	743	[a][4]
Minister of Government and Foreign Affairs					22 June 1871	27 January 1873		[5][c]
Minister of War	Narciso Campero		Mil.	Mil.	22 June 1871	22 October 1871	122	[5][d]
	Ildefonso Sanjinés		Mil.	Mil.	22 October 1871	9 May 1873	565	[6][c]
Minister of Finance	Tomás Frías		Ind.	Law.	22 June 1871	12 September 1871	82	[5][7][e]
	Casimiro Corral		Ind.	Law.	12 September 1871	22 October 1871	40	[8][4]
Minister of Finance and Industry	Pedro García		Ind.	Law.	22 October 1871	9 May 1873	565	[6][c]
Minister of Justice and Worship	Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia		Ind.	Mag.	22 June 1871	12 September 1871	82	[5][9]
	Casimiro Corral		Ind.	Law.	12 September 1871	22 October 1871	40	[8][4]
Minister of Justice, Public Instruction, and Worship	Melchor Terrazas		Ind.	Law.	22 October 1871	27 January 1873	463	[6][c]
Minister of Public Instruction and Industry	Mariano Réyes Cardona		Ind.	–	22 June 1871	12 September 1871	82	[5]
	Casimiro Corral		Ind.	Law.	12 September 1871	22 October 1871	40	[8][4]
	Office merged with the Ministry of Justice							[6]

History

Upon his assumption to office, Morales charges all ministerial portfolios to Casimiro Corral as secretary general pending the formation of a proper ministerial cabinet. A full council of ministers was appointed on 22 June 1871, 5 months into his mandate, composed of five ministers. In this cabinet, the Ministry of Industry, formed by the government of Mariano Melgarejo in 1869, was abolished. Its portfolios were reassigned to the Ministry of Public Instruction and to an entirely new department, the Ministry of Justice.^[5]

A new cabinet was formed on 22 October 1871. With it, the number of ministries was reduced from five to four with the Ministry of Public Instruction being merged into the Ministry of Justice and the industry portfolio becoming annex of the Ministry of Finance.^[6] Morales was assassinated on 27 November 1871 and was succeeded the following day by Tomás Frías. Under Frías, this cabinet remained intact for the majority of his term before finally being reformed on 27 January 1873.

Cabinets

N°	Formed	Days	Decree
I	22 June 1871	122	Supreme Decree 22-06-1871
II	22 October 1871	55,900	Supreme Decree 22-10-1871

Structural changes

Portfolio	Part of	Transferred to	Date	Decree
Industry	Ministry of Industry	Ministry of Public Instruction	22 June 1871	Supreme Decree 22-06-1871
Worship		Ministry of Justice
Justice	Ministry of Public Instruction
Instruction			22 October 1871	Supreme Decree 22-10-1871
Industry		Ministry of Finance

References

Notes

1. In dissidence since 26 November 1870.^[2]
2. Exerts command of all ministerial portfolios while the respective ministries are organized.
3. Morales + Frías.
4. President N° 20.
5. President N° 17 (twice president).

Footnotes

1. Mesa Gisbert 2003, pp. 326–327
2. Bolivia (26 November 1870). "Decreto Supremo de 26 de noviembre de 1870". Anuario administrativo (in Spanish). pp. 1–2. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
3. "Ley de 23 de agosto de 1872". Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (in Spanish). 23 August 1872. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
4. "Casimiro Corral | Abogado, Periodista, Político y Escritor". rree.gob.bo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
5. "Decreto Supremo de 22 de junio de 1871". Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (in Spanish). 22 June 1871. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
6. "Decreto Supremo de 22 de octubre de 1871". Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (in Spanish). 22 October 1871. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
7. "Tomás Frías | Abogado Constitucionalista y Estadista". rree.gob.bo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
8. "Decreto Supremo de 22 de septiembre de 1871". Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (in Spanish). 22 September 1871. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 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.

Bibliography

• Mesa Gisbert, Carlos D. (2003). Presidentes de Bolivia: entre urnas y fusiles | El poder ejecutivo: los ministros de estado (in Spanish) (Third ed.). La Paz: Editorial Gisbert.