Cabinet of Carlos Quintanilla

Carlos Quintanilla assumed office as the interim 37th President of Bolivia on 23 August 1939, and his mandate ended on 15 April 1940. A general of the senior officer corps, Quintanilla assumed control of the presidency on an interim basis following the suicide of his predecessor, Germán Busch.

Quintanilla cabinet

101st Cabinet of the Republic of Bolivia
1939–1940
Carlos Quintanilla
Date formed23 August 1939 (1939-08-23)
Date dissolved15 April 1940 (1940-04-15)
People and organisations
PresidentCarlos Quintanilla
Vice PresidentVacant (1939)
None (1939–1940)
No. of ministers11 (on 15 April 1940)
Member partyCaretaker government
History
PredecessorCabinet of Germán Busch
SuccessorCabinet of Enrique Peñaranda
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Quintanilla formed one cabinet three days after taking office, constituting the 101st national cabinet of Bolivia.[1]

Cabinet Ministers

Cabinet of Bolivia
Interim Presidency of Carlos Quintanilla, 1939–1940
Office Minister Party Prof. Term Days N.C[lower-alpha 1] P.C[lower-alpha 2]
President Carlos Quintanilla Military Mil. 23 August 1939 – 15 April 1940 236 – –
Vice President Office vacant 23 August 1939 – 4 December 1939
Office blank 4 December 1939 – 15 April 1940[lower-alpha 3]
Minister of Foreign Affairs
and Worship
(Chancellor)		 Alberto Ostria Gutiérrez[3] – Law. 26 August 1939 – 1 October 1941 767 101 1[lower-alpha 4]
Minister of Government,
Justice, and Propaganda		 Vicente Leyton – Law. 18 March 1939 – 15 April 1940 394 100[lower-alpha 5] 3[lower-alpha 6]
Minister of National Defense Angel Ayoroa Military Mil. 26 August 1939 – 15 April 1940 233 101 1
Minister of Finance
and Statistics		 Fernando Pou Mont – Law. 26 August 1939 – 15 April 1940 233 101 1
Minister of Industry
and Commerce		 José E. Anze – – 26 August 1939 – 15 April 1940 233 101 1
Minister of Public Works
and Communications		 Rubén Terrazas[lower-alpha 7] PRG Law. 26 August 1939 – 15 April 1940 233 101 1
Minister of Mining
and Petrol		 Felipe Manuel Rivera Military Mil. 26 August 1939 – 15 April 1940 233 101 1
Minister of Work
and Social Security		 Demetrio Ramos Military Mil. 26 August 1939 – 15 April 1940 233 101 1
Minister of Health
and Hygiene		 Alfredo Mollinedo PSU Dr. 22 August 1938 – 15 April 1940 602 100[lower-alpha 5] 3[lower-alpha 6]
Minister of Education,
and Indigenous Affairs		 Bernardo Navajas Trigo PL Law. 12 August 1938 – 15 April 1940 977 100[lower-alpha 5] 3[lower-alpha 6]
Minister of Agriculture,
Colonization, and Immigration		 Carlos Salinas Aramayo PSU Law. 26 August 1939 – 15 April 1940 233 101 1

Composition

In his short mandate, Carlos Quintanilla only formed one ministerial cabinet. Of the 11 ministers, three (Minister of Government Vicente Leyton, Minister of Education Bernardo Navajas Trigo, and Minister of Health Alfredo Mollinedo) were direct holdovers from the Busch cabinet. In addition, Felipe Manuel Rivera, who had been Minister of Defense under Busch up until his death, was made Minister of Mining and Petrol, a position he had also held during the Busch administration. The new Minister of Defense replacing Rivera was Angel Ayoroa who had also served in the Busch cabinet as Minister of Industry.

On the same day as the establishment of the new cabinet, the Ministry of Propaganda was abolished.[5] Notably, the office of the vice presidency was also abolished through a constitutional amendment on 4 December 1939. This decision came after Busch's vice president Enrique Baldivieso had attempted to claim his constitutional succession to the presidency.

The term of the Quintanilla cabinet ended on 15 April 1940 upon the inauguration of Enrique Peñaranda. Foreign Minister Alberto Ostria Gutiérrez would be the only direct holdover into the Peñaranda administration. Minister of Labor Demetrio Ramos would also remain in the Peñaranda administration but would be switched from Minister of Labor and made Minister of Defense and later Government. Finally, Minister of Public Works Rubén Terrazas would return as Minister of Education in 1942 while Minister of Agriculture Carlos Salinas Aramayo would be appointed Foreign Minister in 1943.

Notes
  1. Denoting which national cabinet the minister was originally a part of.
  2. Denoting which presidential cabinet the minister was originally a part of.
  3. Following the suicide of Germán Busch, Vice President Enrique Baldivieso tried to convince the military chiefs to allow him to assume the presidency. Instead, the military elevated the commander-in-chief of the army General Carlos Quintanilla to the office of president on the basis that since Busch had declared himself dictator four months prior, the constitutional order was thus null and void. Quintanilla would later abolish the office of the vice presidency entirely through a constitutional amendment on 4 December 1939.[2]
  4. Held over into the Peñaranda cabinet.
  5. Originally a member of the 100th national cabinet of Bolivia.
  6. Originally a member of the third Busch ministerial cabinet.
  7. Acting Foreign Minister in the absence of Alberto Ostria Gutiérrez from 23 September to 1 October 1939.[4]

References
  1. "DECRETO SUPREMO del 26 de Agosto de 1939 – 2 » Derechoteca.com". www.derechoteca.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. "Bolivia: Decreto Ley de 4 de diciembre de 1939". www.lexivox.org. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. "canciller". 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. "canciller". archive.vn. 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  5. "DECRETO SUPREMO del 26 de Agosto de 1939 – 1 » Derechoteca.com". www.derechoteca.com. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

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