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

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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

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from August 1837 to November 1837. He served as the

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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 {{Bolivia-politician-stub