Council of Marine

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The Council of Marine was a specialized administrative body within the early 18th-century French system of polysynody, responsible for overseeing naval and maritime affairs in place of a single minister.

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instanceOf administrative body
council
aimedTo limit power of single ministers
appliesToJurisdiction France NERFINISHED
appliesToPeriod early 18th century
country Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
decisionMakingProcess collective deliberation
dissolved 1718
fieldOfWork colonial naval defense
maritime law
naval strategy
governmentForm council-based administration
hasDomain maritime affairs
naval affairs
hasGovernmentalRole advisory body
executive body
hasHistoricalSignificance example of polysynodial governance in France
hasNumberOfMembers multiple councillors
hasPoliticalNature reformist experiment
hasTypeOfJurisdiction central administration
historicalContext regency of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans NERFINISHED
inception 1715
languageUsed French
locatedInTime Ancien Régime NERFINISHED
partOf French royal government NERFINISHED
councils of the polysynody
polysynody system
replaced single minister of the navy
replacedBy Secretary of State for the Navy NERFINISHED
replacesPosition ministerial system
responsibleFor French Navy NERFINISHED
colonial maritime issues
maritime commerce regulation
naval administration
naval finance oversight
naval logistics
naval personnel management
shipbuilding policy
seat Versailles NERFINISHED
subordinateTo Regent of France NERFINISHED
Royal Council of Regency NERFINISHED

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System of Polysynody (as political reform) hasCouncil Council of Marine
subject surface form: System of Polysynody