The cabinet of General Cavaignac was the government of

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from 28 June 1848 to 20 December 1848. It replaced the Executive Commission of 1848 after the

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of 23 June to 26 June 1848. General

Louis-Eugène Cavaignac Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (; 15 October 1802 – 28 October 1857) was a French people, French general and politician who served as Cabinet of General Cavaignac, head of the executive power of France between June and December 1848, during the French ...

(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 The first cabinet of Odilon Barrot was the government of France from 20 December 1848 to 2 June 1849 under President of the Council Odilon Barrot. It was formed after the election of Louis Napoleon as President on 20 December 1848, the day that h ...

on 20 December 1848 after

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had been elected as President.

Ministers

The ministers were: ;Changes: * On 5 July 1848, Achille Tenaille de Vaulabelle substituted

Hippolyte Carnot Lazare Hippolyte Carnot (6 October 1801, Saint-Omer – 16 March 1888) was a French politician. He was the younger brother of the founder of thermodynamics Sadi Carnot and the second son of the revolutionary politician and general Lazare Nicol ...

as Education Minister. * On 17 July 1848,

Pierre Marie de Saint-Georges Alexandre-Pierre-Thomas-Amable Marie de Saint Georges (15 February 1795 – 28 April 1870), better known as Pierre Marie de Saint-Georges, was a French politician who served as French Head of State from 6 May until 28 June 1848. Marie was born i ...

substituted

Eugène Bethmont Eugène Bethmont (12 March 1804 – 1 April 1860) was a French politician. He was a deputy from 1842 to 1848, a representative in the Constituent Assembly of 1848, and Minister of Justice in the Cabinet of General Cavaignac (28 June 1848 to 20 D ...

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 Alexandre François Auguste Vivien (or Vivien de Goubert; 3 July 1799 – 7 June 1854) was a French lawyer and politician. He was Minister of Justice during the July Monarchy, and Minister of Public Works in the French Second Republic. Early year ...

substituted Adrien Recurt as Public Works Minister. * On 25 October 1848, Ariste Jacques Trouvé-Chauvel substituted

Michel Goudchaux Michel Goudchaux (18 March 1797 – 27 December 1862) was a French banker and politician who was twice Minister of Finance during the French Second Republic. A firm Republican, he refused to accept the government of Napoleon III. Early years M ...

as Finance Minister.

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