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Émile Ollivier ministry

The Émile Ollivier ministry was the penultimate government of the Second French Empire. Led by Émile Ollivier, a republican opponent of the Empire, it was initially composed of moderate bonapartists and orléanists. However following the constitutional referendum on 8 May[1] liberal members of the cabinet resigned and were replaced with politicians of a more authoritarian type.[2][3] It lasted from 2 January 1870 until 10 August 1870, on the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, when it was replaced by the Cousin-Montauban ministry.[4] It was often referred to at the time as the Ministry of 2 January (French: ministère du 2 janvier).

Émile Ollivier

3rd ministry of the Second French Empire
Émile Ollivier
Date formed2 January 1870 (1870-01-02)
Date dissolved10 August 1870 (1870-08-10)
People and organisations
Head of governmentÉmile Ollivier
History
PredecessorFourth cabinet of Napoleon III
SuccessorCousin-Montauban ministry
the Ollivier cabinet
Photograph by Appert of the Ollivier Ministry with Napoléon III (seated, centre). From left to right: Segris [fr], Buffet, Rigault de Genouilly, Le Bœuf, Vaillant, Daru, Chevandier de Valdrôme, Louvet [fr], Émile Ollivier, Talhouët-Roy, Esquirou de Parieu and Richard [fr]

It was brought down by the legislature following the first defeats in the Franco-Prussian War, in the only unanimous vote of no confidence in French parliamentar history.[5]

Composition

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Head of government (de facto)

Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs

Émile Ollivier
President of the Council of State Félix Esquirou de Parieu[6]
Minister of War Edmond Le Bœuf until 20 July 1870[7]

Pierre Charles Dejean from 20 July 1870[8]

Minister of Agriculture and Trade Charles Louvet [fr][9]
Minister of Public Works Auguste de Talhouët-Roy until 15 May 1870[10]
Ignace Plichon until 10 August 1870[11]
Minister of Education Alexis Segris [fr] until 14 April 1870[12]

Maurice Richard [fr] (interim) until 15 May 1870[13]

Jacques Mège [fr] from 15 May 1870[14]

Minister of the Navy and Colonies Charles Rigault de Genouilly[15]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Napoléon Daru until 14 April 1870[16]

Émile Ollivier (ínterim) until 15 May 1870

Agénor de Gramont from 15 May 1870[17]

Ministre of Finance Louis Buffet until 14 April 1870[18]

Alexis Segris [fr] from 14 April 1870[12]

Minister of the Interior Eugène Chevandier de Valdrôme[19]
Minister of the Arts (from 15 May 1870) Maurice Richard [fr] [13]
Minister of the Imperial Household Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant[20]

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p.673 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Émile Zola (2018). His Excellency Eugène Rougon. Oxford University Press. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-19-874825-0.
  3. ^ David Wetzel (2003). A Duel of Giants: Bismarck, Napoleon III, and the Origins of the Franco-Prussian War. Univ of Wisconsin Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-299-17494-1.
  4. ^ Michael Howard (2013-05-13). The Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France 1870–1871. Routledge. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-136-75306-0.
  5. ^ Garrigues, Jean, ed. (2007). Histoire du Parlement. De 1789 à nos jours (in French). Paris: Armand Colin. pp. 244–245. ISBN 978-2-200-35035-2.
  6. ^ Robert, Alphonse; Cougny, Gaston. "Félix, Marie, Louis, Pierre Esquirou de Parieu". assemblee-nationale.fr. French National Assembly. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  7. ^ "LEBOEUF Edmond". senat.fr. French Senate. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  8. ^ Rachel Chrastil (2014-04-08). The Siege of Strasbourg. Harvard University Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-674-41628-4.
  9. ^ Robert, Alphonse; Cougny, Gaston. "Charles Louvet". assemblee-nationale.fr. French National Assembly. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  10. ^ Robert, Alphonse; Cougny, Gaston. "Auguste, Elisabeth, Joseph Bonamour de Talhouët-Roy". assemblee-nationale.fr. French National Assembly. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  11. ^ Robert, Alphonse; Cougny, Gaston. "Ignace, Charles Plichon". assemblee-nationale.fr. French National Assembly. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  12. ^ a b Robert, Adolphe; Cougny, Gaston. "Emile, Alexis Segris". assemblee-nationale.fr. French National Assembly. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  13. ^ a b Robert, Adolphe; Cougny, Gaston. "Maurice, Louis Richard". assemblee-nationale.fr. French National Assembly. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  14. ^ Robert, Adolphe; Cougny, Gaston. "Philippe, Jacques Mège". assemblee-nationale.fr. French National Assembly. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  15. ^ "RIGAULT DE GENOUILLY Charles". senat.fr. French Senate. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  16. ^ Robert, Alphonse; Cougny, Gaston. "Napoleon Daru". assemblee-nationale.fr. French National Assembly. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Gramont, Antoine Agénor Alfred, Duc de" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 332.
  18. ^ "Buffet, Louis Joseph" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 757.
  19. ^ Robert, Alphonse; Cougny, Gaston. "Eugène, Jean-Pierre, Napoléon Chevandier de Valdrôme". assemblee-nationale.fr. French National Assembly. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  20. ^ "VAILLANT Jean-Baptiste-Philibert". Senat.fr. French Senate. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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