predecessor successor death_place birth_place death_date party birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
albert , duc de broglie jules dufaure paris angers 23 february 1899 none 16 march 1813 40th prime minister of france 23 november 1877 rochebouët.jpg gaëtan de rochebouët
 13 december 1877 gaëtan de rochebouët
gaëtan de rochebouët

gaëtan de grimaudet de rochebouët -lrb- ; 1813 -- 1899 -rrb- was a french general who served as prime minister for less than a month in late 1877 .
on 29 june 1877 , patrice de macmahon dissolved the house after being outvoted .
the elections of 14 october 1877 were a victory for republicans , who won majority of seats .
president macmahon at first attempted to resist .
he asked the general rochebouet form a `` department of business '' , with which the house refused to deal : rochebouet resigned less than 24 hours after his appointment .
macmahon , decided to accept the conditions of julius dufaure , forming a new , left of center government .
