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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.

Bibliography

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

Offices and distinctions

Political offices
Preceded by Rafael Bustillo	Minister of Public Instruction and Foreign Affairs 1854–1857	Succeeded by Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia
Preceded by José María Valda as acting Minister of the Interior	Minister General 1855	Succeeded by Basilio Cuéllar as Minister of the Interior
Preceded by Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia	Minister of Government, Justice, and Foreign Affairs 1862–1863	Succeeded by Marceliano Cárdenas Acting

Cabinet of President José María de Achá (1861–1864)
Minister of Government	Ruperto Fernández (1861) Manuel Macedonio Salinas (1861–1862) Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia (1862) Juan de la Cruz Benavente (1862–1863) Rafael Bustillo (1863–1864) Serapio Reyes Ortiz (1864)
Minister of War	Manuel de Sagárnaga (1861) Celedonio Ávila (1861–1862) Sebastián Ágreda (1862) Juan Sánchez (1862–1863) Sebastián Ágreda (1863–1864)
Minister of Finance	Rafael Bustillo (1861) Rudesindo Carvajal (1861–1862) Aniceto Arce (1862) Melchor Urquidi (1862–1864) Miguel María de Aguirre (1864)
Minister of Instruction	Manuel Macedonio Salinas (1861) Manuel José Cortés (1861–1862) Serapio Reyes Ortiz (1862–1863) Rafael Bustillo (1863) Juan de la Cruz Rengel (1863–1864) Saturnino Sanjinez (1864) Diego Monroy (1864)

Cabinet of President Jorge Córdova (1855–1857)
Minister of the Interior	Juan de la Cruz Benavente (1855) Basilio Cuéllar (1855–1857)
Minister of War	José María Pérez de Urdininea (1855–1857)
Minister of Finance	Miguel María de Aguirre (1855–1857)
Minister of Instruction	Juan de la Cruz Benavente (1855–1857)

Cabinet of President Manuel Isidoro Belzu (1848–1855)
Minister of the Interior	Manuel José de Asín (1848–1849) Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia (1849) Manuel José de Asín (1849) Tomás Baldivieso (1849–1851) Juan Crisòstomo Unzueta (1851–1852) Rudesindo Carvajal (1852–1853) Joaquín de Aguirre (1853–1855) José María Valda (1855)
Minister of War	José Gabriel Tellez (1849–1853) Gonzalo Lanza (1853) Juan Crisóstomo Hermosa (1853–1854) Luciano Alcoreza (1854–1855)
Minister of Finance	Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia (1849) Rafael Bustillo (1849–1851) Tomás Baldivieso (1851) Melchor Urquidi (1851–1853) Atanacio Hernández (1853) Manuel Eusebio Réyes (1853) Rafael Bustillo (1853–1854) Manuel Eusebio Réyes (1854) Rafael Bustillo (1854–1855) Manuel Eusebio Réyes (1855)
Minister of Instruction	Lucas Mendoza de la Tapia (1849) José Manuel Loza (1849–1850) José Agustin de la Tapia (1850–1851) Domingo Delgadillo (1851–1852) Rafael Bustillo (1852–1853) Joaquín de Aguirre (1853) Rafael Bustillo (1853) José Agustin de la Tapia (1853–1854) Rafael Bustillo (1854) Juan de la Cruz Benavente (1854–1857)