Cabinet Dufaure I (France)

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Cabinet Dufaure I
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54th cabinet of France
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The cabinet at the end of 1872.
Date formed 19 February 1871 (1871-02-19)
Date dissolved 18 May 1873 (1873-05-18)
People and organisations
Head of government Jules Dufaure
Head of state Adolphe Thiers,
President[lower-alpha 1]
Member parties
Status in legislature Majority
580 / 638 (91%)
Opposition parties
History
Election(s) 1871 legislative election
Predecessor National Defence
Successor Dufaure II

The First cabinet of Jules Dufaure was the 54th cabinet of France and the second of the Third Republic, seating from 19 February 1871[1] to 18 May 1873,[2] headed by Jules Dufaure as Vice-President of the Council of Ministers[3] and Minister of Justice, under the presidency of Adolphe Thiers.

History

National Assembly following the elections of 8 February 1871.

The Government of National Defence, having led the republic during the Franco-Prussian War, signed the Armistice of Versailles which provided for new elections in the National Assembly to establish a more legitimate government.[4]

The cabinet was formed following the Legislative elections of 1871, which saw a majority of royalists elected.[5] Their initial project was a third Restoration of descendants of either the Bourbons or the Orléans;[6] the Republic was merely seen at that time by royalists as a system of transition before the return of a constitutional monarchy.

However, Jules Dufaure succeeded in assembling a coalition of Opportunists, Legitimists, Orleanists and independent Liberals, while leaving Bonapartists, marginalized following the fall of the Second Empire,[6] and Radicals, openly in favour of the pursuit of the war, out of the majority.

On 18 May 1873, Adolphe Thiers, wishing to reorganize the government and to make it more republican leaning, asked the cabinet to resign and tasked Jules Dufaure to form a new one, leading to the formation of the Cabinet Dufaure II.[2]

Actions

The main actions of the government were to deal with the Paris Commune[7] and to end the Franco-Prussian War by conducting negotiations with Bismarck before signing the Treaty of Frankfurt and reducing the indemnity requested by Prussia to five billion francs.[5]

It also supervised the reorganization of the French Army in order to provide it with manpower equivalent to that of the Prussian Army and to professionalize it,[8] and finally dissolved the National Guard now seen as a major threat to the republic and the regular army.[9]

Composition

Vice-President of the Council of Ministers : Jules Dufaure
Portfolio[lower-alpha 2] Name Took office Left office Party Ref.
Minister of Justice   Jules Dufaure 19 February 1871 18 May 1873 [[Opportunist Republicans|Template:Opportunist Republicans/meta/shortname]] [1]
Minister of Foreign Affairs   Jules Favre 19 February 1871 2 August 1871 [[Opportunist Republicans|Template:Opportunist Republicans/meta/shortname]] [1]
  Charles de Rémusat 2 August 1871 18 May 1873 [[Centre-right politics|Template:Centre-right politics/meta/shortname]] [10]
Minister of Interior   Ernest Picard 19 February 1871 5 June 1871 [[Centre-left politics|Template:Centre-left politics/meta/shortname]] [1]
  Félix Lambrecht 5 June 1871 11 October 1871 [[Centre-left politics|Template:Centre-left politics/meta/shortname]] [11]
  Auguste Casimir-Perier 11 October 1871 6 February 1872 [[Opportunist Republicans|Template:Opportunist Republicans/meta/shortname]] [12]
  Victor Lefranc 6 February 1872 7 December 1872 [[Opportunist Republicans|Template:Opportunist Republicans/meta/shortname]] [13]
  Eugène de Goulard 7 December 1872 18 May 1873 Orleanist [14]
Minister of War   Adolphe Le Flô 19 February 1871 5 June 1871 Orleanist [1]
  Ernest de Cissey 5 June 1871 18 May 1873 Legitimist [11]
Minister of Navy and Colonies   Louis Pothuau 19 February 1871 18 May 1873 [[Centre-left politics|Template:Centre-left politics/meta/shortname]] [1]
Minister of Public Instruction   Jules Simon 19 February 1871 18 May 1873 [[Opportunist Republicans|Template:Opportunist Republicans/meta/shortname]] [1]
Minister of Agriculture   Félix Lambrecht 19 February 1871 5 June 1871 [[Centre-left politics|Template:Centre-left politics/meta/shortname]] [1]
  Victor Lefranc 5 June 1871 6 February 1872 [[Opportunist Republicans|Template:Opportunist Republicans/meta/shortname]] [11]
  Eugène de Goulard 6 February 1872 23 April 1872 Orleanist [13]
  Pierre Teisserenc de Bort 23 April 1872 18 May 1873 [[Centre-left politics|Template:Centre-left politics/meta/shortname]] [15]
Minister of Public Works   Charles de Larcy 19 February 1871 7 December 1872 Legitimist [1]
  Oscar Bardi de Fourtou 7 December 1872 18 May 1873 [[Centre-right politics|Template:Centre-right politics/meta/shortname]] [16]
Minister of Finance   Louis Buffet 19 February 1871 25 February 1871 [[Centre-right politics|Template:Centre-right politics/meta/shortname]] [1]
  Augustin Pouyer-Quertier 25 February 1871 23 April 1872 [[Centre-right politics|Template:Centre-right politics/meta/shortname]] [17]
  Eugène de Goulard 23 April 1872 7 December 1872 Orleanist [15]
  Léon Say 7 December 1872 18 May 1873 [[Popular Liberal Action|Template:Popular Liberal Action/meta/shortname]] [16]
Undersecretary of State
for the Ministry of Interior		   Marc-Antoine Calmon 23 February 1871 7 December 1872 [[Centre-left politics|Template:Centre-left politics/meta/shortname]] [18]
  Ernest Pascal 9 April 1873 18 May 1873 Bonapartist [19]
Undersecretary of State
for the Ministry of War		   Charles Letellier-Valazé 26 March 1873 18 May 1873 [[Centre-left politics|Template:Centre-left politics/meta/shortname]] [20]

Notes

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