- Ernest Courtot de Cissey
Infobox Prime Minister
name=Ernest Courtot de Cissey
order=35thPrime Minister of France
term_start =22 May 1874
term_end =10 March 1875
predecessor =Albert, duc de Broglie
successor =Louis Buffet
birth_date =12 September 1810
death_date =death date and age|1882|6|15|1810|9|12|
party=NoneErnest Louis Octave Courtot de Cissey (12 September 1810 - 15 June 1882) was a French general.
He was born in
Paris , educated at thePrytanée National Militaire , and after passing through St Cyr, entered the army in 1832, becoming captain in 1839.He saw active service in
Algeria , and became "chef d'escadron" in 1849 and lieutenant-colonel in 1850. He took part as a colonel in theCrimean War , and after thebattle of Inkerman received the rank of general of brigade.In 1863 he was promoted general of division. When the
Franco-German War broke out in 1870, de Cissey was given a divisional command in the Army of the Rhine, and he was included in the surrender of Bazaine's army atMetz . He was released from captivity only at the end of the war, and on his return was at once appointed by theVersailles government to a command in the army engaged in the suppression of the Commune, a task in the execution of which he displayed great rigour.From July 1871 de Cissey sat as a deputy, and he had already become minister of war. He occupied this post several times during the critical period of the reorganization of the French army, and served briefly as
Prime Minister of France from 1874 to 1875. In 1875, he was electedsenator for life . In 1880, whilst holding the command of the XI corps at Nantes, he was accused of having relations with a certain Baroness Kaula, who was said to be aspy in the pay of Germany, and he was in consequence relieved from duty. An inquiry subsequently held resulted in de Cissey's favour (1881).Cissey's Ministry, 22 May 1874 - 10 March 1875
*Ernest Courtot de Cissey - President of the Council and Minister of War
*Louis Decazes - Minister of Foreign Affairs
*Oscar Bardi de Fourtou - Minister of the Interior
*Pierre Magne - Minister of Finance
*Adrien Tailhand - Minister of Justice
*Louis Raymond de Montaignac de Chauvance - Minister of Marine and Colonies
*Arthur de Cumont - Minister of Public Instruction, Fine Arts, and Worship
*Eugène Caillaux - Minister of Public Works
*Louis Grivart - Minister of Agriculture and CommerceChanges
*20 July 1874 - The Baron de Chabaud-Latour succeeds Fourtou as Minister of the Interior.Pierre Mathieu-Bodet succeeds Magne as Minister of Finance.References
*1911
External links
* [http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche.asp?num_dept=3062 Les députés français depuis 1789: Ernest de Cissey]
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