Louis-Eugène Cavaignac was a French general and politician who served as head of the executive power of France between June and December 1848, during the French Second Republic.
Portrait by Pierre Petit, 1850s
Portrait by François-Gabriel Lépaulle, 1848
Cavaignac and his military staff reviewing the troops on 3 September 1848
Cavaignac by Ary Scheffer
Cabinet of General Cavaignac
The cabinet of General Cavaignac was the government of France from 28 June 1848 to 20 December 1848. It replaced the Executive Commission of 1848 after the June Days Uprising of 23 June to 26 June 1848. General Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (1802-1857) was given executive power by the National Assembly and headed the government as President of the Council of Ministers.
The government was replaced by the first cabinet of Odilon Barrot on 20 December 1848 after Louis Napoleon had been elected as President.
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Louis Juchault de Lamoricière and Nicolas Changarnier.