Jules Armand Stanislas Dufaure (; 4 December 1798 – 28 June 1881) was a French

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Biography

Dufaure was born at

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, Charente-Maritime, and began his career as an advocate at

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, where he won a great reputation by his oratorical gifts. He abandoned law for politics and, in 1834, was elected deputy. In 1839, he became minister of public works in the ministry of Jean-de-Dieu Soult, and succeeded in freeing railway construction in France from the obstacles which until then had hampered it. Losing office in 1840, Dufaure became one of the leaders of the Opposition, and on the outbreak of the revolution of 1848, he accepted the Republic and joined the party of moderate republicans. On 13 October, he became minister of the interior under Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, but retired on the latter's defeat in the presidential election. During the

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, Dufaure abstained from public life, and practised at the Paris bar with such success that he was elected ''bâtonnier'' in 1862. In 1863, he succeeded to Étienne-Denis Pasquier's seat in the

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. In 1871, he became a member of the Assembly, and proposed

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as President of the Republic. Dufaure became the minister of justice as chief of the party of the "left-centre," and his tenure of office was distinguished by the passage of the jury-law. In 1873, he fell with Thiers, but in 1875 resumed his former post under

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, whom he succeeded on 9 March 1876, the first to become president of the council (his predecessors wore the title of vice-presidents of the council). In the same year, he was elected a

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. On 12 December, he withdrew from the ministry owing to the attacks of the republicans of the left in the chamber and of the conservatives in the senate. After the conservatives' defeat on 16 May, he returned to power on 24 December 1877. Early in 1879, Dufaure took part in compelling the resignation of

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, but immediately afterwards (1 February), worn out by opposition, he retired. As Prime Minister, he served as the Acting President of the Republic on 30 January 1879. See G Picot, ''M. Dufaure, sa vie et ses discours'' (Paris, 1883).

Dufaure's First Government, 19 February 1871 – 18 May 1873

* Jules Dufaure – President of the Council and Minister of Justice * Jules Favre –

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* Ernest Picard –

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* Jules Simon – Minister of Public Instruction, Fine Arts, and Worship * Charles de Larcy – Minister of Public Works * Félix Lambrecht – Minister of Agriculture and Commerce Changes * 25 February 1871 –

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succeeds Buffet as Minister of Finance. * 5 June 1871 – Ernest Courtot de Cissey succeeds Le Flô as Minister of War. Félix Lambrecht succeeds Picard as Minister of the Interior. Victor Lefranc succeeds Lambrecht as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. * 2 August 1871 – The Comte de Rémusat, succeeds Favre as Minister of Foreign Affairs * 11 October 1871 –

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succeeds Lambrecht as Minister of the Interior * 6 February 1872 – Victor Lefranc succeeds Casimir-Perier as Minister of the Interior.

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succeeds Goulard as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. * 7 December 1872 –

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succeeds Goulard as Minister of Finance.

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succeeds Larcy as Minister of Public Works.

Dufaure's Second Government, 18–25 May 1873

* Jules Dufaure – President of the Council and Minister of Justice * Comte de Rémusat – Minister of Foreign Affairs * Ernest Courtot de Cissey – Minister of War *

– Minister of the Interior *

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– Minister of Finance *

– Minister of Marine and Colonies * William Henry Waddington – Minister of Public Instruction *

– Minister of Worship *

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– Minister of Public Works *

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– Minister of Agriculture and Commerce

Dufaure's Third Government, 23 February – 9 March 1876

Jules Dufaure Jules Armand Stanislas Dufaure (; 4 December 1798 – 28 June 1881) was a French statesman. Biography Dufaure was born at Saujon, Charente-Maritime, and began his career as an advocate at Bordeaux, where he won a great reputation by his oratoric ...

– President of the Council and Minister of the Interior and of Justice * Louis Decazes – Minister of Foreign Affairs * Ernest Courtot de Cissey – Minister of War *

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Dufaure's Fourth Government, 9 March – 12 December 1876

– President of the Council and Minister of Justice * Louis Decazes – Minister of Foreign Affairs * Ernest Courtot de Cissey – Minister of War *

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– Minister of the Interior *

– Minister of Finance *

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– Minister of Marine * William Henry Waddington – Minister of Public Instruction * Albert Christophle – Minister of Public Works *

– Minister of Agriculture and Commerce Changes * 11 May 1876 – Émile de Marcère succeeds Ricard as Minister of the Interior. * 15 August 1876 –

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succeeds Courtot de Cissey as Minister of War.

Dufaure's Fifth Government, 13 December 1877 – 4 February 1879

– President of the Council and Minister of Justice * William Henry Waddington – Minister of Foreign Affairs *

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– Minister of War * Émile de Marcère – Minister of the Interior *

– Minister of Finance *

– Minister of Marine and Colonies *

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– Minister of Public Instruction, Fine Arts, and Worship * Charles de Freycinet – Minister of Public Works *

– Minister of Agriculture and Commerce Changes * 16 May 1878 –

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succeeds Borel as Minister of War.

References

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