The Émile Ollivier ministry was the penultimate government of the Second French Empire. Led by Émile Ollivier, a republican opponent of the Empire, it was initially composed of moderate bonapartists and orléanists. However following the constitutional referendum on 8 MayDieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p.673 liberal members of the cabinet resigned and were replaced with politicians of a more authoritarian type. It lasted from 2 January 1870 until 10 August 1870, on the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, when it was replaced by the Cousin-Montauban ministry. It was often referred to at the time as the Ministry of 2 January ().
It was brought down by the legislature following the first defeats in the Franco-Prussian War, in the only unanimous vote of no confidence in French parliamentary history.
Composition
Head of government (de facto) Minister of Justice and Religious AffairsÉmile Ollivier President of the Council of State Félix Esquirou de Parieu Minister of War Edmond Le Bœuf until 20 July 1870 Pierre Charles Dejean from 20 July 1870 Minister of Agriculture and Trade Minister of Public Works Auguste de Talhouët-Roy until 15 May 1870Ignace Plichon until 10 August 1870 Minister of Education until 14 April 1870 (interim) until 15 May 1870
from 15 May 1870 Minister of the Navy and Colonies Charles Rigault de Genouilly Minister of Foreign Affairs Napoléon Daru until 14 April 1870 Émile Ollivier (ínterim) until 15 May 1870
Agénor de Gramont from 15 May 1870 Ministre of Finance Louis Buffet until 14 April 1870 from 14 April 1870 Minister of the Interior Eugène Chevandier de Valdrôme Minister of the Arts (from 15 May 1870) Minister of the Imperial Household Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant
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