Ministers of the National Convention
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 FranceCabinet of France | |
Autel de la Convention nationalebyFrançois-Léon Sicard (1913)
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| 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 |
| Ministers removed | 11 |
| 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 | 1792 |
| Legislature term | 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]
On12 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]
| 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 | |||
| Minister of the Interior | 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 | |||
| Minister of the Navy and Colonies | 10 August 1792 | 10 April 1793 | Montagnard | ||
| 10 April 1793 | 1 April 1794 | Independent | |||
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Ministers of the French National Convention (10 August 1792 to 1 April 1794)
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Preceded by Ministers of Louis XVI of France • Followed by French Directory | |
