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Second ministry of Armand Emmanuel du Plessis de Richelieu

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Date formed
  
20 February 1820

Head of state
  
Louis XVIII of France

Date dissolved
  
12 December 1821

Second ministry of Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis de Richelieu

Head of government
  
Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis de Richelieu

Predecessor
  
Ministry of Élie Decazes

Successor
  
Ministry of Joseph de Villèle

The Second ministry of Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis de Richelieu was formed on 20 February 1820 after the dismissal of the Ministry of Élie Decazes by King Louis XVIII of France. It was dissolved on 12 December 1821 and replaced on 14 December 1821 by the Ministry of Joseph de Villèle.

Ministers

Most of the ministers from the previous cabinet remained in place. Élie, duc Decazes was replaced as president of the council by the Duke of Richelieu, who was not given a ministerial portfolio. On the 21 February Joseph Jérôme, Comte Siméon, was appointed Minister of the Interior. The ministers were:

  • President of the Council of Ministers: Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis de Richelieu
  • Interior: Joseph Jérôme, Comte Siméon
  • Justice: Hercule de Serre
  • Foreign Affairs: Étienne-Denis Pasquier
  • Finance: Antoine Roy
  • War: Victor de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg
  • Navy and Colonies: Pierre-Barthélémy Portal d'Albarèdes
  • King's Household: Jacques Lauriston (from 1 November 1820)
  • Ministers without portfolio, appointed on 21 December 1820,
  • Jacques-Joseph Corbière
  • Joseph Lainé
  • Jean-Baptiste de Villèle

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