Juan de la Cruz Benavente | |
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Minister of Government, Justice, and Foreign Affairs | |
In office 22 December 1862 – 28 March 1863 | |
President | José María de Achá |
Preceded by | Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia |
Succeeded by | Marceliano Cárdenas (acting) |
Minister General | |
In office 15 August 1855 – 17 August 1855 | |
President | Jorge Córdova |
Preceded by | Office established José María Valda (as acting Minister of the Interior) |
Succeeded by | Office dissolved Basilio Cuéllar (as Minister of the Interior) |
Minister of Public Instruction and Foreign Affairs | |
In office 8 November 1854 – 9 September 1857 | |
President | Manuel Isidoro Belzu Jorge Córdova |
Preceded by | Rafael Bustillo |
Succeeded by | Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia |
Personal details | |
Born | Juan de la Cruz Benavente c. 1818 |
Died | 27 March 1876 | (aged 57–58)
Nationality | Bolivian |
Juan de la Cruz Benavente (c. 1818 – 27 March 1876) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as minister of government and foreign affairs from 1862 to 1863. He previously served as minister of public instruction and foreign affairs from 1854 to 1857. In 1863, he was named Bolivia's Minister Plenipotentiary in Peru, and was charged with the negotiations that led to the signing of the Treaty of Defensive Alliance with Peru on February 6, 1873.