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The Fontaine Ministry formed the government of Luxembourg from 1 August 1848 to 2 December 1848. ==Background== After the Constitution came into force on 1 August 1848, the first elections to the Chamber of Deputies were organised on 28 September. The organisation had only become possible after popular unrest had broke out under governor Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine in March 1848. On 15 March the government and King-Grand-Duke William II sought conciliation with the people. Censorship was abolished, and a Constituent Assembly was called in Ettelbrück, which was to draft a new constitution. The text of the new constitution, which was modeled on the liberal Belgian constitution, was adopted on 23 June. After the elections, de la Fontaine, Vendelin Jurion, Charles-Mathias Simons and Jean Ulveling were retained as members of the government; Théodore Pescatore resigned and was replaced with Jean-Pierre André. The members of the new government received new titles: de la Fontaine was appointed President of the Government Council, and his "ministers" now had the title of "Administrator general". The new constitution allowed the Chamber to exercise a great deal of control over the government. The government had to account for its actions in the Chamber, the Acts of the King-Grand-Duke were counter-signed by the government (which therefore took responsibility for them) and the Chamber voted on the budget. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fontaine Ministry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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