Cabinet of Édouard Adolphe Mortier

The Cabinet of Édouard Adolphe Mortier was announced on 18 November 1834 by King Louis Philippe I. It replaced the Cabinet of Hugues-Bernard Maret.

Cabinet of Édouard Adolphe Mortier
Cabinet of France
Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise
Date formed	18 November 1834
Date dissolved	12 March 1835
People and organisations
Head of state	Louis Philippe I
Head of government	Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise
History
Predecessor	Cabinet of Hugues-Bernard Maret
Successor	Cabinet of Victor de Broglie

The ministry was headed by Marshal Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise, who accepted the position out of loyalty to the king. He was not an experienced parliamentarian and was unable to command respect. On 20 February 1835 he submitted his resignation. The cabinet was replaced on 12 March 1835 by the Cabinet of Victor de Broglie.

Ministers

The cabinet was created by ordinance of 18 November 1834. The ministers were:

Portfolio	Holder		Party
President of the Council of Ministers		General Édouard Mortier	Centre-right
Ministers
Minister of War		General Édouard Mortier	Centre-right
Minister of the Interior		Adolphe Thiers	Centre-right
Minister of Justice and Worship		Jean-Charles Persil	Centre-right
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Admiral Count of Rigny	Centre-right
Minister of Finance		Georges Humann	Centre-right
Minister of the Navy and Colonies		Admiral Guy-Victor Duperré	None
Minister of Public Education		François Guizot	Centre-right
Minister of Commerce		Tanneguy Duchâtel	Centre-right

Sources

• Muel, Léon (1891). Gouvernements, ministères et constitutions de la France depuis cent ans: Précis historique des révolutions, des crises ministérielles et gouvernementales, et des changements de constitutions de la France depuis 1789 jusqu'en 1890 ... Marchal et Billard. Retrieved 22 March 2014.