title: First cabinet of Odilon Barrot
text: # First cabinet of Odilon Barrot
  
  The first cabinet of Odilon Barrot was the government of France from 20 December 1848 to 2 June 1849 under President of the Council Odilon Barrot. It was formed after the election of Louis Napoleon as President on 20 December 1848, the day that he took his oath. It replaced the cabinet of General Cavaignac. After the May 1849 elections to the Legislative Assembly it was replaced by the second cabinet of Odilon Barrot.
  
  ## Ministers
  
  The ministers were:
  
  | Portfolio | Holder | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | President of the Council of Ministers | Odilon Barrot | Party of Order |
  | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys | Party of Order |
  | Minister of the Interior | Léon de Maleville | Party of Order |
  | Minister of Justice | Odilon Barrot | Party of Order |
  | Minister of Finance | Hippolyte Passy | Party of Order |
  | Minister of Public Works | Léon Faucher | Party of Order |
  | Minister of Trade and Agriculture | Jacques Alexandre Bixio | Moderate Republican |
  | Minister of Education | Alfred de Falloux | Party of Order |
  | Minister of War | Joseph Marcellin Rullière | Military |
  | Minister of the Navy and Colonies | Victor Destutt de Tracy | Party of Order |
  
  ### Changes
  
  * On 29 December 1848, Léon Faucher substituted Léon de Maleville as Interior Minister; Théobald de Lacrosse substituted Faucher as Public Works Minister; Louis Buffet substituted Jacques Alexandre Bixio as Agriculture Minister.
  