| Cabinet Name: | Émile Ollivier |
| Cabinet Type: | ministry |
| Cabinet Number: | 3rd |
| Jurisdiction: | the Second French Empire |
| Flag: | Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Government Head: | Émile Ollivier |
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| Predecessor: | Fourth cabinet of Napoleon III |
| Successor: | Cousin-Montauban ministry |
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 May[1] liberal members of the cabinet resigned and were replaced with politicians of a more authoritarian type.[2] [3] 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.[4] It was often referred to at the time as the Ministry of 2 January (French: ministère du 2 janvier|link=no).
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 parliamentar history.[5]
| Head of government (de facto)Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs | Émile Ollivier | |
|---|---|---|
| President of the Council of State | Félix Esquirou de Parieu[6] | |
| Minister of War | Edmond Le Bœuf until 20 July 1870[7] Pierre Charles Dejean from 20 July 1870[8] | |
| Minister of Agriculture and Trade | [9] | |
| Minister of Public Works | Auguste de Talhouët-Roy until 15 May 1870[10] Ignace Plichon until 10 August 1870[11] | |
| Minister of Education | until 14 April 1870[12] (interim) until 15 May 1870[13] from 15 May 1870[14] | |
| Minister of the Navy and Colonies | Charles Rigault de Genouilly[15] | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Napoléon Daru until 14 April 1870[16] Émile Ollivier (ínterim) until 15 May 1870 Agénor de Gramont from 15 May 1870[17] | |
| Ministre of Finance | Louis Buffet until 14 April 1870[18] from 14 April 1870 | |
| Minister of the Interior | [19] | |
| Minister of the Arts (from 15 May 1870) | ||
| Minister of the Imperial Household | Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant[20] |