The Morales Cabinet constituted the 31st to 32nd cabinets of the

Republic of Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

. It was formed on 22 June 1871 after

Agustín Morales Pedro Agustín Morales Hernández (11 March 1808 – 27 November 1872) was a Bolivian military officer who served as the 16th president of Bolivia from 1871 to 1872. Early years Morales was born in La Paz. Originally a supporter of Pre ...

took power in a

coup d'état A coup d'état (; ; ), or simply a coup , is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership. A self-coup is said to take place when a leader, having come to powe ...

, 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 Tomás Frías Ametller (21 December 1805 – 10 May 1884) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th President of Bolivia twice nonconsecutively from 1872 to 1873 and from 1874 to 1876. Having graduated as a lawyer and work ...

Composition

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 Manuel Mariano Melgarejo Valencia (13 April 1820 – 23 November 1871) was a Bolivian military officer and politician who served as the fifteenth president of Bolivia from December 28, 1864, until his fall on January 15, 1871. He assumed power ...

in 1869, was abolished. Its portfolios were reassigned to the Ministry of Public Instruction and to an entirely new department, the Ministry of Justice. 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. Morales was assassinated on 27 November 1871 and was succeeded the following day by

. Under Frías, this cabinet remained intact for the majority of his term before finally being reformed on 27 January 1873.

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