José Joaquín Casimiro Olañeta y Güemes (1795–1860) was a nephew of

Pedro Antonio Olañeta Pedro Antonio de Olañeta y Marquiegui (October 16, 1770 in Elgueta, Gipuzkoa, Spain – April 2, 1825 in Tumusla, Potosí Department, Bolivia) was a Royalist commander in the army of the Spanish Empire who fought against the South American insurg ...

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

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. 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) Ministers of economy and finance of Peru People from Chuquisaca Department University of Charcas alumni 1795 births 1860 deaths 19th-century Bolivian politicians Interior ministers of Bolivia {{Bolivia-politician-stub