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 | |
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 Émile Ollivier | |
| Date formed | 2 January 1870 |
| Date dissolved | 10 August 1870 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Émile Ollivier |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Fourth cabinet of Napoleon III |
| Successor | Cousin-Montauban ministry |
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
| Head of government (de facto) Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs | Émile Ollivier |
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| 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[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 until 14 April 1870[12] Maurice Richard (interim) until 15 May 1870[13] Jacques Mège 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 from 14 April 1870[12] |
| Minister of the Interior | Eugène Chevandier de Valdrome[19] |
| Minister of the Arts (from 15 May 1870) | Maurice Richard [13] |
| Minister of the Imperial Household | Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant[20] |