Count Justin Napoléon Samuel Prosper de Chasseloup-Laubat (1805–1873) was a French politician who became Minister of the Navy under Napoleon III. He was the youngest son of the General de Chasseloup-Laubat. Chasseloup-Laubat was an enthusiastic proponent of Colonial Imperialism.[1]
Chasseloup-Laubat was Minister of the Navy and the Colonies during the attacks on Danang and Saigon in Vietnam led by Rigault de Genouilly and his successor Counter-Admiral Page.[1]
When in 1863 the Vietnamese diplomat Phan Thanh Gian visited Napoleon III on an embassy in Paris, Chasseloup-Laubat pressured Napoleon III to have him give up a promisse he had made to return territories captured by the French. He threatened Napoleon III with his resignation and that of the whole cabinet, forcing him to order the cancellation of the agreement in June 1864[2]
He worked in combination with his counterpart, Foreign Minister Drouyn de Lhuys.
| Preceded by Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant |
Minister of the Navy 10 april 1851 - 26 october 1851 |
Succeeded by Hippolyte Fortoul |
| Preceded by Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte |
Minister of Algeria and the Colonies 24 march 1859 - 24 november 1860 |
Succeeded by himself (Title changed to "Minister of the Navy and the Colonies") |
| Preceded by Ferdinand Hamelin (as Minister of the Navy) |
Ministers of the Navy and the Colonies 24 november 1860 - 20 january 1867 |
Succeeded by Charles Rigault de Genouilly |