Néstor Guillén assumed office as the interim 40th President of Bolivia on 21 July 1946, and his mandate ended on 17 August 1946. A magistrate of the Superior District Court of La Paz, Guillén was chosen to lead an interim junta in the absence of the President of the District Court Tomás Monje, who was ill at the time, in the wake of the violent demise of President Gualberto Villarroel.
Guillén formed one cabinet three days after taking office, constituting the 112th national cabinet of Bolivia as part of the 1946–1947 Government Junta.
Cabinet Ministers Cabinet of BoliviaInterim Presidency of Néstor Guillén, 1946 Office Minister Party Term Days N.C P.CPresident Néstor Guillén Ind. Law. 21 July 1946 – 17 August 1946 27 – –Vice President colspan="6" bgcolor="ECECEC" Secretary-General of the Junta colspan="8" bgcolor="ECECEC" Roberto Bilbao la Vieja – Law. 6 August 1946 – 10 March 1947 216 112 1 Minister of Foreign Affairsand Worship(Chancellor) Minister of Educationand Indigenous Affairs Aniceto Solares PRG Dip. 24 July 1946 – 7 March 1947 226 112 1 Minister of Governmentand Justice Minister of Public Worksand Communications Cleto Cabrera García – Mag. 24 July 1946 – 26 August 1946 33 112 1 Minister of National Defense Minister of Agriculture,Livestock, andColonization Néstor Guillén Ind. Law. 24 July 1946 – 26 August 1946 33 112 1 Minister of Finance,Statistics, and Economy Luis Gosalvez Indaburu – – 24 July 1946 – 26 August 1946 33 112 1 Minister of Work, Health,and Social Security Aurelio Alcoba PIR Uni. 24 July 1946 – 10 March 1947 229 112 1
Composition On 24 July 1946, the civil junta which made up Néstor Guillén's cabinet was expanded to include representatives from the labor, student, and magistrate sectors. Minister of Finance Luis Gosalvez Indaburu, a partner in the law firm employed by Moritz Hochschild, would represent the universities while Foreign Minister Aniceto Solares would represent the teachers. Aurelio Alcoba, the Secretary-General of the Trade Union Confederation of Bolivian Workers, was appointed Minister of Work and Social Security as the representative of the worker's unions. Roberto Bilbao la Vieja, employed by the Asociacion de Industriales Mineros (Association of Mining Industrialists, a legal entity of the three tin magnates), was made Secretary-General.
Many of the members of the junta held multiple cabinet positions, including Guillén himself who in addition to being president was Minister of Defense and Minister of Agriculture. On 17 August, Tomás Monje assumed command of the junta. All of the members of Guillén's cabinet remained in office until Monje appointed his own ministers on 26 August. Alcoba, Solares, and Bilbao la Vieja would remain in their positions until the end of Monje's mandate.
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