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