Second Viviani government
Appearance
Second Viviani government | |
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![]() Government of French Third Republic | |
![]() Viviani in 1912 | |
Date formed | 26 August 1914 |
Date dissolved | 29 October 1915 |
People and organisations | |
President of the Republic | Raymond Poincaré |
Prime Minister | René Viviani |
Deputy Prime Minister | Aristide Briand |
Total no. of members | Ministers: 14 Undersecretaries of State: 8 |
Member parties | PRS-PRRRS–AD–SFIO–RI-FR-ALP |
Status in legislature | Majority 601 / 601 (100%) |
History | |
Election | 1914 |
Predecessor | Viviani I |
Successor | Briand V |
The Second Viviani Government was a government of the French Third Republic, formed on the 26th of August 1914 as a result of the formation of the new Sacred Union coalition due to the breakout of the First World War.[1][2]
Composition
[edit]Post | Name | Party | |
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Prime Minister | René Viviani | PRS | |
Deputy Prime Minister | Aristide Briand | PRS | |
Ministers | |||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Théophile Delcassé (until October 15, 1915) | RI | |
René Viviani | PRS | ||
Minister of War | Alexandre Millerand | SE | |
Minister of Public Education | Albert Sarraut | PRRRS | |
Minister of the Interior | Louis Malvy | PRRRS | |
Minister of Justice | Aristide Briand | PRS | |
Minister of the Navy | Jean-Victor Augagneur | PRS | |
Minister of Agriculture | Fernand David | RI | |
Minister of Finance | Alexandre Ribot | FR | |
Minister of Public Works | Marcel Sembat | SFIO | |
Minister of Commerce, Industry, Posts and Telegraphs | Gaston Thomson | AD | |
Minister of Colonies | Gaston Doumergue | PRRRS | |
Minister of Labor and Social Welfare | Jean Bienvenu-Martin | PRRRS | |
Minister Without Portfolio | Jules Guesde | SFIO | |
Undersecretaries of States | |||
Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs | Abel Ferry | RI | |
Undersecretary of the Interior | Paul Jacquier | PRRRS | |
Undersecretary for Public Education | Albert Dalimier | PRRRS | |
Sous-secrétaire d'État à la Marine, chargé de la Marine marchande (à partir du 13 mars 1915) | Georges Bureau | AD | |
Undersecretary of State for the Navy (à partir du 18 mai 1915) | Albert Thomas | SFIO | |
Undersecretary of State for War (from July 1, 1915) | Joseph Thierry | FR | |
Undersecretary of State for War (from July 1, 1915) | Justin Godart | PRRRS | |
Undersecretary for the airforce (from September 14, 1915) | René Besnard | PRRRS |