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Ministry of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord

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Date formed
  
9 July 1815

Head of state
  
Louis XVIII of France

Date dissolved
  
26 September 1815

Total no. of ministers
  
5

Ministry of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

Head of government
  
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

Member party
  
Doctrinaire, nonpartisans

The Ministry of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord was formed on 9 July 1815 after the second Bourbon Restoration under King Louis XVIII of France. It replaced the French Provisional Government of 1815 that had been formed when Napoleon abdicated after the Battle of Waterloo. The cabinet was dissolved on 26 September 1815 and replaced by the First ministry of Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis de Richelieu.

Formation and actions

The Prince of Talleyrand was again called to form a government by Louis XVIII, after the arrive of the King in Saint-Denis at 7 July. Talleyrand formally formed his government at 9 July, maintaining for himself the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs. The cabinet was composed mainly by Doctrinaires, liberal royalists who formed a moderate group inside the Chamber of Deputies, opposing to Ultras.

However, after 2 months and 17 days, Tallayrand resigned for three reasons:

  • His refuse to sign the Second Treaty of Paris, considered to humiliating for France despite the conditions of peace negotiate during Congress of Vienna.
  • The pressions exercised on Louis XVIII by Tsar Alexander I, who disliked the presence of many ex-Bonapartists in the new government, and called for the creation of a conservative government
  • The results of the elections on August 1815, that permitted the creation a parliamentary majority of Ultras (350 on 400), who were hostile to ex-Bonapartist Talleyrand and Minister Joseph Fouché, regicide who was ousted from office on September 1815 and exiled in misfortune.

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    Ministry of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord Wikipedia
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