José Joaquín Casimiro Olañeta y Güemes (1795–1860) was a nephew of
Pedro Antonio Olañeta who, after working for him, turned against his uncle in favor of
Bolivia
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n independence. He faced criticism as being two-faced or
Machiavellian,
in part because the shift occurred in a matter of weeks.
He went on to serve as an advisor to
Antonio José de Sucre
Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá (; 3 February 1795 – 4 June 1830), known as the "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho" ( en, "Grand Marshal of Ayacucho"), was a Venezuelan independence leader who served as the president of Peru and as the second pr ...
. Casimiro opposed his land being linked in a nation with Argentina.
Olañeta was
President of the Bolivian constituent assembly in 1826. He was
Minister of Finance of Peru
The Ministry of Economy and Finance of Peru is the government ministry responsible for the planning and execution of economic policies of the Peruvian Government with the goal of optimizing the economic and financial activities of the state, est ...
from August 1837 to November 1837.
He served as the
President of the Chamber of Senators of Bolivia
The president of the Chamber of Senators of Bolivia is the speaker (politics), presiding officer of the Chamber of Senators (Bolivia), upper chamber of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly. The president is currently elected for a one-year term. ...
in 1846 as well as a Peruvian
representative in Chile.
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Presidents of the Senate of Bolivia
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Bolivia)
Peruvian Ministers of Economy and Finance
People from Chuquisaca Department
University of Charcas alumni
1795 births
1860 deaths
19th-century Bolivian politicians
Interior ministers of Bolivia
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