First cabinet of Odilon Barrot

First cabinet of Odilon Barrot
France Cabinet of France
Odilon Barrot
Date formed	20 December 1848
Date dissolved	2 June 1849
People and organisations
Head of state	Louis Napoleon
Head of government	Odilon Barrot
History
Predecessor	Cabinet of General Cavaignac
Successor	Second cabinet of Odilon Barrot

The first cabinet of Odilon Barrot was the government of France from 20 December 1848 to 2 June 1849 under President of the Council Odilon Barrot. It was formed after the election of Louis Napoleon as President on 20 December 1848, the day that he took his oath. It replaced the cabinet of General Cavaignac. ^[1] After the May 1849 elections to the Legislative Assembly it was replaced by the second cabinet of Odilon Barrot. ^[2]

Ministers

The ministers as Dumas's musketeers by Cham. Left to right Falloux as Aramis, Barrot as Athos, Buffet as Porthos and Faucher as d'Artagnan

The ministers were: ^[3]

Portfolio	Holder		Party
President of the Council of Ministers		Odilon Barrot	Party of Order
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys	Party of Order
Minister of the Interior		Léon de Maleville	Party of Order
Minister of Justice		Odilon Barrot	Party of Order
Minister of Finance		Hippolyte Passy	Party of Order
Minister of Public Works		Léon Faucher	Party of Order
Minister of Trade and Agriculture		Jacques Alexandre Bixio	Moderate Republican
Minister of Education		Alfred de Falloux	Party of Order
Minister of War		Joseph Marcellin Rullière	Military
Minister of the Navy and Colonies		Victor Destutt de Tracy	Party of Order

Changes

• On 29 December 1848, Léon Faucher substituted Léon de Maleville as Interior Minister; Théobald de Lacrosse substituted Faucher as Public Works Minister; Louis Buffet substituted Jacques Alexandre Bixio as Agriculture Minister.

References

1. Robertson 1952, p. 102.
2. Ministére du 2 juin 1849, p. 340.
3. Muel 1890, p. 248.

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• Muel, Léon (1890). Gouvernements, ministères et constitutions de la France depuis cent ans. Mouillot. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
• Robertson, Priscilla Smith (1952). Revolutions of 1848: A Social History . Princeton University Press. p.  102. ISBN   0-691-00756-X . Retrieved 2014-02-21.