Cabinet of Léon Faucher

The Cabinet of Léon Faucher, in which Léon Faucher was the leading minister, was formed on 10 April 1851 by President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte.[1] It followed the Petit ministère of 1851. The cabinet was a compromise between the Parti de l'Ordre and the Bonapartists in the period before the coup d'état of 2 December 1851.[2] The cabinet was replaced by the Last cabinet of the French Second Republic on 26 October 1851.[3]

Cabinet of Léon Faucher
France Cabinet of France
Léon Faucher
Date formed	10 April 1851
Date dissolved	26 October 1851
People and organisations
Head of state	Louis Napoleon
Head of government	Léon Faucher
History
Predecessor	Petit ministère of 1851
Successor	Last cabinet of the French Second Republic

Ministers

The ministers were:[1]

Portfolio	Holder		Party
Head of the Ministry		Léon Faucher	Party of Order
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Pierre Jules Baroche	Bonapartist
Minister of the Interior		Léon Faucher	Party of Order
Minister of Justice		Eugène Rouher	Bonapartist
Minister of Finance		Achille Fould	Bonapartist
Minister of Public Works		Pierre Magne	Bonapartist
Minister of Trade and Agriculture		Louis Buffet	Party of Order
Minister of Education		Frédéric Dombidau de Crouseilhes	Party of Order
Minister of War		Jacques Louis Randon	Military
Minister of the Navy and Colonies		Prosper de Chasseloup-Laubat	Party of Order

References

1. Recueil général des lois ... 1851, p. 139.
2. Gabriel-Robez, p. 72.
3. Galisset 1852, p. 880.

Sources

• Gabriel-Robez, Bernard. Les Secrets de la molune - La saga d'une famille jurassienne au XIXe siècle. Mon Petit Editeur. ISBN 978-2-7483-8063-7. Retrieved 2014-01-16.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Galisset, Ch. M. (1852). Corps du droit français ou recueil complet des lois, décrets, ordonnances, sénatusconsultes, règlements ... publiés depuis 1789 jusqu'à nos jours. Retrieved 2014-01-16.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Recueil général des lois, décrets et arrêtés. Recueil général des lois. 1851. Retrieved 2014-01-16.