Complex sentence: In 1881 he became minister of the interior in Gambetta's grand ministry, and he held the same portfolio in the Jules Ferry cabinet of 1883-1885, when he gave proof of great administrative powers.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1881 he became minister of the interior in Gambetta's grand ministry. He became again minister of the interior in the Jules Ferry cabinet of 1883-1885, when he gave proof of great administrative powers.