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First ministry of Louis Philippe

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Date formed
  
11 August 1830

Head of state
  
Louis Philippe I

Date dissolved
  
2 November 1830

Predecessor
  
Provisional Ministry

Successor
  
Cabinet of Jacques Laffitte

The First ministry of Louis-Philippe was announced on 11 August 1830 by King Louis Philippe I two days after he had become king. It replaced the Provisional Ministry announced on 1 August 1830. On 2 November 1830 it was replaced by the Cabinet of Jacques Laffitte.

Ministers

Louis Philippe did not designate a president of the council. Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, keeper of the seals as Minister of Justice, countersigned the ordinances issued by his colleagues. Victor de Broglie was president of the council of state. The ministers were:

  • Interior: François Guizot
  • Justice: Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure
  • Foreign Affairs: Mathieu Molé
  • War: Étienne Maurice Gérard
  • Finance: Joseph Dominique, baron Louis
  • Navy and Colonies: Horace François Sébastiani
  • Public Education, Religious Affairs: Victor de Broglie

    • Ministers without portfolio were Casimir Pierre Périer, Jacques Laffitte, André Marie Jean Jacques Dupin ("Dupin the Elder") and Louis Pierre Édouard, Baron Bignon,

    References

    First ministry of Louis-Philippe Wikipedia
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