The Petit ministère of 1851 governed France from 24 January 1851 to 10 April 1851 during the French Second Republic, replacing the Cabinet of Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul. It was a compromise cabinet formed by President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte after the National Legislative Assembly had refused to accept a cabinet dominated by Bonapartists, and had no president. It was replaced by the Cabinet of Léon Faucher on 10 April 1851. The ministers were:
Portfolio Holder Party Head of the Ministry Eugène Rouher Bonapartist Minister of Foreign Affairs Anatole Brénier de Renaudière Independent Minister of the Interior Claude-Marius Vaïsse Independent Minister of Justice Ernest de Royer Bonapartist Minister of Finance Charles Le Bègue de Germiny Independent Minister of Public Works Pierre Magne Bonapartist Minister of Trade and Agriculture Eugène Schneider Independent Minister of Education Charles Giraud Bonapartist Minister of War Jacques Louis Randon Military Minister of the Navy and Colonies Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant Military
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