Ministers of the French National Convention
Ministers of the National Convention | |
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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
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
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Head of Government | 10 August 1792 | 1 April 1794 | Independent | ||
Minister of Finances | 10 August 1792 | 13 June 1793 | Girondins | ||
13 June 1793 | 1 April 1794 | Montagnard | |||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | 10 August 1792 | 21 June 1793 | Girondins | ||
21 June 1793 | 1 April 1794 | Montagnard | |||
Minister of War | 10 August 1792 | 3 October 1792 | Girondins | ||
3 October 1792 | 4 February 1793 | Montagnard | |||
4 February 1793 | 4 April 1793 | Independent | |||
4 April 1793 | 1 April 1794 | Montagnard | |||
Jean-Marie Roland, vicomte de la Platière[4] | 10 August 1792 | 14 March 1793 | Girondins | ||
14 March 1793 | 20 August 1793 | Girondins | |||
20 August 1793 | 1 April 1794 | Marais | |||
Minister of Justice | 10 August 1792 | 10 October 1792 | Montagnard | ||
Dominique Joseph Garat[3] | 10 October 1792 | 20 March 1793 | Girondins | ||
20 March 1793 | 1 April 1794 | Marais | |||
and Colonies | 10 August 1792 | 10 April 1793 | Montagnard | ||
10 April 1793 | 1 April 1794 | Independent |
References
Citations
Sources
- Muel, Léon (1891). Gouvernements, ministères et constitutions de la France depuis cent ans: Précis historique des révolutions, des crises ministérielles et gouvernementales, et des changements de constitutions de la France depuis 1789 jusqu'en 1890 ... Marchal et Billard. Retrieved 2014-04-22.