Ministers of the French National Convention

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Ministers of the National Convention
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Autel de la Convention nationale by François-Léon Sicard (1913)
Date formed10 August 1792
Date dissolved1 April 1794
People and organisations
Head of state President of the National Convention
Head of government National Convention (collective)
No. of ministers6
Total no. of members17
Member party Maraisard
Montagnard
Girondin (1792–93)
Status in legislature National Convention
Opposition partyUnopposed
Opposition leaderN/A
History
Election(s) 1792
Legislature term(s)7 September 1792 – 12 October 1795
Predecessor Constitutional Cabinet of Louis XVI
Successor Commissioners of the Committee of Public Safety

The ministers of the French National Convention were appointed on 10 August 1792 after the French Legislative Assembly suspended King Louis XVI and revoked the ministers that he had named. [1]

On 12 Germinal year II (1 April 1794) Lazare Carnot proposed to suppress the executive council and the six ministers, replacing the ministers with twelve Committees reporting to the Committee of Public Safety. The proposal was unanimously adopted by the National Convention. [2]

Ministers

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Head of Government  National Convention 10 August 17921 April 1794 Independent
Minister of Finances   Étienne Clavière [3] 10 August 179213 June 1793Girondins
  Louis Destournelles [4] 13 June 17931 April 1794 Montagnard
Minister of Foreign Affairs   Pierre Lebrun-Tondu [3] 10 August 179221 June 1793Girondins
  François Chemin Deforgues [4] 21 June 17931 April 1794 Montagnard
Minister of War   Joseph Servan de Gerbey [3] 10 August 17923 October 1792Girondins
  Jean-Nicolas Pache [4] 3 October 17924 February 1793 Montagnard
  Pierre Riel de Beurnonville [4] 4 February 17934 April 1793 Independent
  Jean Baptiste Bouchotte [4] 4 April 17931 April 1794 Montagnard
Minister of the Interior   Jean-Marie Roland, vicomte de la Platière [3] 10 August 179214 March 1793Girondins
  Dominique Joseph Garat [4] 14 March 179320 August 1793Girondins
  Jules-François Paré [4] 20 August 17931 April 1794 Marais
Minister of Justice   Georges Danton [3] 10 August 179210 October 1792 Montagnard
 Dominique Joseph Garat [4] 10 October 179220 March 1793Girondins
  Louis-Jérôme Gohier [4] 20 March 17931 April 1794 Marais
Minister of the Navy and Colonies   Gaspard Monge [3] 10 August 179210 April 1793 Montagnard
  Jean Dalbarade [4] 10 April 17931 April 1794 Independent

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Citations

  1. ↑ Muel 1891, p. 25.
  2. ↑ Muel 1891, p. 41-42.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Muel 1891, p. 28.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Muel 1891, p. 33.

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