Second ministry of Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis de Richelieu

Second ministry of Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis de Richelieu
Cabinet of France
Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis de Richelieu
Date formed	20 February 1820
Date dissolved	12 December 1821
People and organisations
Head of state	Louis XVIII of France
Head of government	Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis de Richelieu
History
Predecessor	Ministry of Élie Decazes
Successor	Ministry of Joseph de Villèle

The second ministry of Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis de Richelieu was formed on 20 February 1820 after the dismissal of the Ministry of Élie Decazes by King Louis XVIII of France. It was dissolved on 12 December 1821 and replaced on 14 December 1821 by the Ministry of Joseph de Villèle.

Ministers

Most of the ministers from the previous cabinet remained in place. Élie, duc Decazes was replaced as president of the council by the Duke of Richelieu, who was not given a ministerial portfolio. On the 21 February Joseph Jérôme, Comte Siméon, was appointed Minister of the Interior. The ministers were:

Portfolio	Holder		Party
President of the Council of Ministers		The Duke of Richelieu	None
Ministers
Minister of Foreign Affairs		The Baron Pasquier	Constitutional
Minister of Finance		Antoine Roy	Constitutional
Minister of the Interior		The Count Siméon	None
Minister of Justice		The Count of Serre	Constitutional
Minister of War		General The Marquis of La Tour-Maubourg	None
Minister of the Navy and Colonies		The Baron Portal	None
Minister for the Maison du Roi		Marshal Marquis of Lauriston	Conservative
Ministers without portfolio (Before 14 December 1821)
—		The Count of Corbière	Ultras
		Joseph Lainé	Constitutional
		Jean-Baptiste de Villèle	Ultras

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 14 April 2014.