Third cabinet of Napoleon III


The Third cabinet of Napoleon III was formed by the Emperor Napoleon III on 2 December 1852, replacing the Second cabinet of Louis Napoleon at the start of the Second French Empire. It remained in place until 17 July 1869, when it was replaced by the Fourth cabinet of Napoleon III. The ministers were each accountable to Napoleon III, who was thus both head of state and head of government.
Ministerial appointments were:
MinistryFromToMinister
State2 December 185223 November 1860Achille Fould
State23 November 186023 June 1863Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
State23 June 186318 October 1863Adolphe Billault
State18 October 186317 July 1869Achille Fould
Justice2 December 185216 November 1857Jacques Pierre Abbatucci
Justice16 November 18575 May 1859Ernest de Royer
Justice5 May 185923 June 1863Adolphe Billault
Justice18 October 186317 July 1869Claude Alphonse Delangle
Foreign Affairs2 December 18528 May 1855Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys
Foreign Affairs8 May 18554 January 1860Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
Foreign Affairs4 January 186024 January 1860Jules Baroche
Foreign Affairs24 January 186015 October 1862Édouard Thouvenel
Foreign Affairs15 October 18621 September 1866Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys
Foreign Affairs1 September 18662 October 1866Charles de La Valette
Foreign Affairs2 October 186617 December 1868Lionel de Moustier
Foreign Affairs17 December 186817 July 1869Charles de La Valette
Interior2 December 185213 June 1854Victor de Persigny
Interior13 June 18547 February 1858Adolphe Billault
Interior7 February 185814 June 1858Charles-Marie-Esprit Espinasse
Interior14 June 18585 May 1859Claude Alphonse Delangle
Interior5 May 18591 November 1859Louis Arrighi de Casanova
Interior1 November 18595 December 1860Adolphe Billault
Interior5 December 186023 June 1863Victor de Persigny
Interior23 June 186328 March 1865Paul Boudet
Interior28 March 186513 November 1867Charles de La Valette
Interior13 November 186717 December 1868Pierre Magne
Interior7 December 186817 July 1869Adolphe de Forcade Laroquette
Beaux-Arts2 December 185214 February 1853Victor de Persigny
Beaux-Arts14 February 185323 November 1860Achille Fould
Beaux-Arts23 November 186023 June 1863Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
Beaux-Arts23 June 186317 July 1869Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant
Police2 December 185210 June 1853Charlemagne de Maupas
Finance2 December 18523 February 1855Jean-Martial Bineau
Finance3 February 185526 November 1860Pierre Magne
Finance26 November 186014 November 1861Adolphe de Forcade Laroquette
Finance14 November 186120 January 1867Achille Fould
Finance20 January 186713 November 1867Eugène Rouher
Finance13 November 186717 July 1869Pierre Magne
War2 December 185211 March 1854Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud
War11 March 18545 May 1859Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant
War5 May 185920 January 1867Jacques Louis Randon
War20 January 186717 July 1869Adolphe Niel
Navy and Colonies2 December 185227 March 1855Théodore Ducos
Navy and Colonies27 March 185519 April 1855Jacques Pierre Abbatucci
Navy and Colonies19 April 185524 June 1858Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin
Navy24 June 185826 November 1860Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin
Algeria and the Colonies24 June 18587 March 1859Prince Napoléon Bonaparte
Algeria and the Colonies7 March 185924 March 1859Eugène Rouher
Algeria and the Colonies24 March 185924 November 1860Prosper de Chasseloup-Laubat
Navy and Colonies26 November 186020 January 1867Prosper de Chasseloup-Laubat
Navy and Colonies20 January 186717 July 1869Charles Rigault de Genouilly
Education and Religious affairs2 December 18527 June 1856Hippolyte Fortoul
Education and Religious affairs7 June 185613 August 1856Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant
Education and Religious affairs13 August 185623 June 1863Gustave Rouland
Education and Religious affairs23 June 186317 July 1869Victor Duruy
Public Works2 December 18522 February 1855Pierre Magne
Public Works2 February 185523 June 1863Eugène Rouher
Public Works23 June 186320 January 1867Louis Henri Armand Behic
Public Works20 January 186717 December 1868Adolphe de Forcade Laroquette
Public Works17 December 186817 July 1869Edmond Gressier
Agriculture and Commerce2 December 185223 June 1853Victor de Persigny
Agriculture and Commerce23 June 18532 February 1855Pierre Magne
Agriculture and Commerce2 February 185523 June 1863Eugène Rouher
Agriculture and Commerce23 June 186320 January 1867Louis Henri Armand Behic
Agriculture and Commerce20 January 186717 December 1868Adolphe de Forcade Laroquette
Agriculture and Commerce17 December 186817 July 1869Edmond Gressier
Emperor's Household14 December 185223 November 1860Achille Fould
Emperor's Household4 December 186017 July 1869Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant
Minister President of the Council of State30 December 185223 June 1863Jules Baroche
Minister President of the Council of State23 June 186318 October 1863Eugène Rouher
Minister President of the Council of State18 October 186328 September 1864Gustave Rouland
Minister President of the Council of State28 September 186417 July 1869Adolphe Vuitry
Without Portfolio26 November 186030 March 1863Pierre Magne
Without Portfolio3 December 186023 June 1863Jules Baroche
Without Portfolio5 December 186013 October 1863Adolphe Billault