Juan de la Cruz Benavente

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.

Juan de la Cruz Benavente
Minister of Government, Justice, and Foreign Affairs
In office
22 December 1862 – 28 March 1863
PresidentJosé María de Achá
Preceded byLucas Mendoza de la Tapia
Succeeded byMarceliano Cárdenas (acting)
Minister General
In office
15 August 1855 – 17 August 1855
PresidentJorge Córdova
Preceded byOffice established
José María Valda
(as acting Minister of the Interior)
Succeeded byOffice dissolved
Basilio Cuéllar
(as Minister of the Interior)
Minister of Public Instruction and Foreign Affairs
In office
8 November 1854 – 9 September 1857
PresidentManuel Isidoro Belzu
Jorge Córdova
Preceded byRafael Bustillo
Succeeded byLucas Mendoza de la Tapia
Personal details
Born
Juan de la Cruz Benavente

c. 1818
Died27 March 1876(1876-03-27) (aged 57–58)
NationalityBolivian

Bibliography

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  • Cayo Córdova, Percy: El entorno internacional y la política exterior en el periodo 1870–1876. Tercera parte de Historia Marítima del Perú. La República – 1870 a 1876 (Tomo IX, Volumen 1). Instituto de Estudios Históricos Marítimos del Perú. Lima-Perú, 1993.
  • Basadre Grohmann, Jorge: Historia de la República del Perú (1822–1933), 18 tomos. Editada por la Empresa Editora El Comercio S. A. Lima, 2005. ISBN 9972-205-62-2 Edición digital: Perú Quiosco
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