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Eusebio Guilarte
Eusebio Guilarte. Villavicencio, Antonio. c. 1847, Museo de Charcas, Sucre.png
Portrait by Antonio Villavicencio, Museo de Charcas, Sucre
10th President of Bolivia
In office
23 December 1847 – 2 January 1848
Preceded by José Ballivián
Succeeded by José Miguel de Velasco
Minister of War
In office
25 November 1847 – 2 January 1848
President José Ballivián
Himself
Preceded by José María Silva
Succeeded by Manuel Isidoro Belzu
In office
16 June 1842 – 18 November 1842
President José Ballivián
Preceded by José María Pérez de Urdininea
Succeeded by Manuel Zagárnaga
Personal details
Born
Eusebio Guilarte Mole

(1805-10-15)15 October 1805
La Paz, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (now Bolivia)
Died 11 June 1849(1849-06-11) (aged 43)
Cobija, Litoral, Bolivia
(now Chile)
Cause of death Assassination
Parents Miguel Guilarte
Lorenza Mole
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Eusebio Guilarte Mole (15 October 1805 – 11 June 1849) was a Bolivian military officer and statesman who served as the tenth president of Bolivia from 1847 to 1848.

Biography

A career military officer (not an uncommon choice at the time), Guilarte had fought under Andrés de Santa Cruz at Zepita, and also in the battles of the War of the Confederation (Yanacocha and Uchumayo, among others). He had been José Ballivián's deputy aide at the Battle of Ingavi, for which he was rewarded as Ambassador to Brazil.

Later, the President recalled Guilarte and appointed him a member of the powerful Council of State. Unable to sustain himself in power, in light of the vast conspiracies of Manuel Belzu, Ballivián chose to leave the country and, in late 1847, turned over power to General Guilarte.

President

As head of the Council of State, Guilarte succeeded Ballivián. By then the die was cast, as Belzu and his supporters were closing in on the capital. Guilarte's investiture simply provided cover for the president to get away while he could. Guilarte attempted to reach an understanding with the rebels, but was overthrown by Belzu in less than two weeks.

Allowed to live under house arrest in internal exile at the Pacific port of Cobija, Litoral, Guilarte was assassinated less than two years later after attempting to stage a coup, in 1849. After one of his own officers gave away the plot, Guilarte was executed by orders of the military governor of the region, who was allied to Belzu.

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