Cabinet of General Cavaignac explained

Cabinet Name:	Cabinet of General Cavaignac
Jurisdiction:	France
Flag:	France
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Date Formed:	28 June 1848
Date Dissolved:	20 December 1848
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Previous:	Executive Commission of 1848
Successor:	First cabinet of Odilon Barrot

The cabinet of General Cavaignac was the government of France from 28 June 1848 to 20 December 1848. It replaced the Executive Commission of 1848 after the June Days Uprising of 23 June to 26 June 1848. General Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (1802-1857) was given executive power by the National Assembly and headed the government as President of the Council of Ministers.The government was replaced by the first cabinet of Odilon Barrot on 20 December 1848 after Louis Napoleon had been elected as President.

Ministers

The ministers were:

Portfolio	Holder		Party
President of the Council of Ministers		Eugène Cavaignac	Moderate Republican
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Marie Alphonse Bedeau	Military
Minister of the Interior		Jules Sénard	Moderate Republican
Minister of Justice		Eugène Bethmont	Moderate Republican
Minister of Finance		Michel Goudchaux	Moderate Republican
Minister of Public Works		Adrien Recurt	Moderate Republican
Minister of Trade and Agriculture		Charles Gilbert Tourret	Moderate Republican
Minister of Education		Hippolyte Carnot	Moderate Republican
Minister of War		Louis Juchault de Lamoricière	Military^[1]
Minister of the Navy and Colonies		Jules Bastide	Moderate Republican

Changes:

• On 5 July 1848, Achille Tenaille de Vaulabelle substituted Hippolyte Carnot as Education Minister.
• On 17 July 1848, Pierre Marie de Saint-Georges substituted Eugène Bethmont as Justice Minister; Raymond de Verninac Saint-Maur substituted Jules Bastide as Navy Minister and Bastide substituted Marie Alphonse Bedeau as Foreign Affairs Minister.
• On 13 October 1848, Alexandre Pierre Freslon substituted Achille Tenaille de Vaulabelle as Education Minister; Jules Dufaure substituted Jules Sénard as Interior Minister and Alexandre-François Vivien substituted Adrien Recurt as Public Works Minister.
• On 25 October 1848, Ariste Jacques Trouvé-Chauvel substituted Michel Goudchaux as Finance Minister.

Sources

• Book: Fortescue, William. France and 1848: The End of Monarchy . 2014-02-21 . 2005-04-08. Routledge. 978-1-134-37923-1.
• Book: Pickering, Mary. Auguste Comte: Volume 2: An Intellectual Biography . 2014-02-21 . 2009-09-14. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-51325-8.
• Book: Robertson, Priscilla Smith. Revolutions of 1848: A Social History . registration . 102 . 2014-02-21 . 1952. Princeton University Press. 0-691-00756-X.
• Book: . Table analytique par ordre alphabétique de matières et de noms de personnes du Compte rendu des séances de l'Assemblée nationale constituante et des documents imprimés par son ordre: 4 mai 1848 - 27 mai 1849. 2014-02-21. 1850. H. et C. Noblet.

Notes and References

1. Book: Carré, Claude. French. Histoire du Ministère de la Défense et des départements ministériels militaires. Lavauzelle-Graphic. 2001. 9782702504857. ... Général Christophe Juchault de Lamoricière, ..., député « orléaniste » devenu républicain modéré, est nommé ministre de la Guerre..