 After the Cabinet of Édouard Adolphe Mortier was dissolved in February 1835 due to internal divisions, Marshal Soult was invited to form a new cabinet.He offered a post to Pelet, but Soult's proposed cabinet was blocked by the personal influence of king Louis Philippe.Pelet was appointed Minister of Public Education on 22 February 1836 in the First cabinet of Adolphe Thiers.