Ministers of the French National Convention

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]

Ministers of the National Convention
France Cabinet of France
Autel de la Convention nationale by François-Léon Sicard (1913)
Date formed	10 August 1792
Date dissolved	1 April 1794
People and organisations
Head of state	President of the National Convention
Head of government	National Convention (collective)
No. of ministers	6
Total no. of members	17
Member party	Maraisard Montagnard Girondin (1792–93)
Status in legislature	National Convention
Opposition party	Unopposed
Opposition leader	N/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

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
Head of Government		National Convention	10 August 1792	1 April 1794	Independent
Minister of Finances		Étienne Clavière[3]	10 August 1792	13 June 1793	Girondins
		Louis Destournelles[4]	13 June 1793	1 April 1794	Montagnard
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Pierre Lebrun-Tondu[3]	10 August 1792	21 June 1793	Girondins
		François Chemin Deforgues[4]	21 June 1793	1 April 1794	Montagnard
Minister of War		Joseph Servan de Gerbey[3]	10 August 1792	3 October 1792	Girondins
		Jean-Nicolas Pache[4]	3 October 1792	4 February 1793	Montagnard
		Pierre Riel de Beurnonville[4]	4 February 1793	4 April 1793	Independent
		Jean Baptiste Bouchotte[4]	4 April 1793	1 April 1794	Montagnard
Minister of the Interior		Jean-Marie Roland, vicomte de la Platière[3]	10 August 1792	14 March 1793	Girondins
		Dominique Joseph Garat[4]	14 March 1793	20 August 1793	Girondins
		Jules-François Paré[4]	20 August 1793	1 April 1794	Marais
Minister of Justice		Georges Danton[3]	10 August 1792	10 October 1792	Montagnard
		Dominique Joseph Garat[4]	10 October 1792	20 March 1793	Girondins
		Louis-Jérôme Gohier[4]	20 March 1793	1 April 1794	Marais
Minister of the Navy and Colonies		Gaspard Monge[3]	10 August 1792	10 April 1793	Montagnard
		Jean Dalbarade[4]	10 April 1793	1 April 1794	Independent

References

Citations

1. Muel 1891, p. 25.
2. Muel 1891, p. 41-42.
3. Muel 1891, p. 28.
4. Muel 1891, p. 33.

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)