Ernest Courtot de Cissey

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Ernest Courtot de Cissey
Prime Minister of France
In office
22 May 1874 – 10 March 1875
PresidentPatrice de MacMahon
Preceded byAlbert, duc de Broglie
Succeeded byLouis Buffet
Personal details
Born12 September 1810
Paris , French Imperial
Died15 June 1882(1882-06-15) (aged 71)
Paris , Third Republic of France
Political partyNone
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Ernest Louis Octave Courtot de Cissey (French pronunciation: [ɛʁnɛst lwi ɔktav kuʁto də sisɛ]; 1810–1882) was a French general and Prime Minister.

de Cissey was born in Paris, educated at the Prytanée 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 the Crimean War, and after the battle 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 at Metz. He was released from captivity only at the end of the war, and on his return was at once appointed by the Versailles government to a command in the army engaged in the suppression of the Commune.

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 elected senator for life. In 1880, whilst holding the command of the XI corps at Nantes, he was accused of having relations with a certain Baroness Lucie von Kaulla (1840–1891?), a descendant of Karoline Kaulla, who was said to be a spy 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

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  1. ^ a b c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cissey, Ernest Louis Octave Courtot de". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 392–393.

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Preceded by Prime Minister of France
22 May 1874 – 10 March 1875 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of War
5 June 1871 – 25 May 1873 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of War
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