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Second Viviani government

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Second Viviani government

Government of French Third Republic
Viviani in 1912
Date formed26 August 1914 (1914-08-26)
Date dissolved29 October 1915 (1915-10-29)
People and organisations
President of the RepublicRaymond Poincaré
Prime MinisterRené Viviani
Deputy Prime MinisterAristide Briand
Total no. of membersMinisters: 14
Undersecretaries of State: 8
Member partiesPRS-PRRRSADSFIORI-FR-ALP
Status in legislatureMajority
601 / 601 (100%)
History
Election1914
PredecessorViviani I
SuccessorBriand 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

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Post Name Party
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

References

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  1. ^ Vincent Duclert, "La République imaginée (1870-1914)"(2014): 532-539.
  2. ^ Charles Sowerwine, "France since 1870"(2018): 95-96.
  3. ^ Yvert Benoît, "Premiers ministres et présidents du Conseil. Histoire et dictionnaire raisonné des chefs du gouvernement en France (1815-2007)" (2007): 916.