Ministers of Jean-de-Dieu Soult

The Third cabinet of Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult was a government ministry of the July Monarchy in France. It was announced by King Louis Philippe I on 29 October 1840, following the fall of the Second cabinet of Adolphe Thiers. The ministry was headed by Marshal Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, a senior soldier and statesman who had already served as president of the Council of Ministers on two earlier occasions. The cabinet operated during the later phase of the July Monarchy, a constitutional regime established after the July Revolution of 1830. Its period in office, extending from October 1840 to September 1847, made it one of the longest-lasting ministries of that regime. The government functioned within a political system in which ministerial stability depended on the relationship between the Crown, parliamentary majorities, and competing liberal and conservative groupings. Although Soult was formally the head of the ministry, the cabinet belonged to the broader governing order associated with Louis Philippe I and the parliamentary leadership of the period. The ministry was created by royal ordinance rather than through a modern party-based executive appointment. Its responsibilities covered the principal departments of the French state, including domestic administration, foreign affairs, finance, justice, public instruction and religious affairs, war, the navy and colonies, public works, agriculture and commerce. The available reference material identifies several undersecretaries who joined during the cabinet's tenure: Antoine François Passy entered the Interior undersecretariat on 4 November 1840; Jean Jubelin entered the Navy and Colonies undersecretariat on 9 August 1844; and François Martineau des Chenez entered the War undersecretariat on 10 November 1845. The cabinet's tenure ended on 19 September 1847, when it was replaced by the cabinet of François-Pierre Guizot. That transition occurred less than two years before the February Revolution of 1848 brought the July Monarchy to an end. As a historical entity, the cabinet is therefore best understood not as a commercial brand but as a named French ministry and executive administration of the 1840s.

The Third cabinet of Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult was established during the July Monarchy, the constitutional monarchy that governed France from 1830 until the Revolution of 1848. King Louis Philippe I announced the ministry on 29 October 1840. Its formation followed the replacement of the Second cabinet of Adolphe Thiers and placed Marshal Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult at the head of the government. The cabinet was constituted by royal ordinance. Like other ministries of the July Monarchy, it was not a corporate organization or political party in the modern sense, but a collective administration responsible to the Crown and operating within a parliamentary environment. Its scope encompassed the central departments of the French state. The ministry's work therefore extended across internal administration, diplomacy, finance, justice, education and religious affairs, military affairs, naval and colonial administration, public works, and economic portfolios. Several changes to the ministry's subordinate administration are recorded during its seven-year tenure. Antoine François Passy was appointed undersecretary at the Interior on 4 November 1840. Jean Jubelin became undersecretary at the Navy and Colonies on 9 August 1844. François Martineau des Chenez joined the War undersecretariat on 10 November 1845. These appointments illustrate the continuing adjustment of the cabinet's administrative structure after its initial formation. Soult's ministry remained in office until 19 September 1847. It was then replaced by the cabinet of François-Pierre Guizot. The change took place during the final period of the July Monarchy, whose political tensions intensified before the February Revolution of 1848. The Third Soult cabinet is consequently significant as a long-serving government of Louis Philippe's regime and as part of the sequence of ministries that preceded the monarchy's collapse.

• 1847

  Cabinet replaced

  [1]Third cabinet of Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soulten.wikipedia.org

  The Third Soult cabinet was replaced on 19 September 1847 by the cabinet of François-Pierre Guizot.

• 1845

  Martineau des Chenez appointed at War

  [1]Third cabinet of Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soulten.wikipedia.org

  François Martineau des Chenez became an undersecretary of state at War on 10 November 1845.

• 1844

  Jubelin appointed at the Navy and Colonies

  [1]Third cabinet of Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soulten.wikipedia.org

  Jean Jubelin became an undersecretary of state for the Navy and Colonies on 9 August 1844.

• 1840

  Cabinet established

  [1]Third cabinet of Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soulten.wikipedia.org

  King Louis Philippe I announced the Third cabinet of Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult on 29 October 1840, replacing the Second cabinet of Adolphe Thiers.

• 1840

  Passy appointed at the Interior

  [1]Third cabinet of Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soulten.wikipedia.org

  Antoine François Passy entered the Interior undersecretariat on 4 November 1840.

A royal ministry of the French July Monarchy, organized as a national executive cabinet under Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult.

1. 1Third cabinet of Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soulten.wikipedia.org