Ministers of the French National Convention
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_name = Ministers of the National Convention
| cabinet_number =
| jurisdiction = France
| flag = {{flag|France}}
| flag_border = true
| image = Paris Panthéon Innen La Convention nationale 2.jpg
| caption = Autel de la Convention nationale by François-Léon Sicard (1913)
| date_formed = 10 August 1792
| date_dissolved = 1 April 1794
| government_head = National Convention (collective)
| state_head = President of the National Convention
| members_number = 6
| former_members_number = 11
| total_number = 17
| political_party = Maraisard
Montagnard
Girondin (1792–93)
| legislature_status = National Convention
| opposition_party = Unopposed
| opposition_leader = N/A
| election = 1792
| legislature_term = 7 September 1792 – 12 October 1795
| previous = 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.{{sfn|Muel|1891|p=25}}
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.{{sfn|Muel|1891|p=41-42}}
Ministers
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| {{Cabinet table minister
| title = Head of Government | minister1 = National Convention | minister1_termstart = 10 August 1792 | minister1_termend = 1 April 1794 | minister1_party = Independent politician }} !bgcolor="#000000" colspan="6"| |
| {{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Finances | minister1 = Étienne Clavière{{sfn|Muel|1891|p=28}} | minister1_termstart = 10 August 1792 | minister1_termend = 13 June 1793 | minister1_party = Girondins | minister2 = Louis Destournelles{{sfn|Muel|1891|p=33}} | minister2_termstart = 13 June 1793 | minister2_termend = 1 April 1794 | minister2_party = The Mountain }} |
| {{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Foreign Affairs | minister1 = Pierre Lebrun-Tondu{{sfn|Muel|1891|p=28}} | minister1_termstart = 10 August 1792 | minister1_termend = 21 June 1793 | minister1_party = Girondins | minister2 = François Chemin Deforgues{{sfn|Muel|1891|p=33}} | minister2_termstart = 21 June 1793 | minister2_termend = 1 April 1794 | minister2_party = The Mountain }} |
| {{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of War | minister1 = Joseph Servan de Gerbey{{sfn|Muel|1891|p=28}} | minister1_termstart = 10 August 1792 | minister1_termend = 3 October 1792 | minister1_party = Girondins | minister2 = Jean-Nicolas Pache{{sfn|Muel|1891|p=33}} | minister2_termstart = 3 October 1792 | minister2_termend = 4 February 1793 | minister2_party = The Mountain | minister3 = Pierre Riel de Beurnonville{{sfn|Muel|1891|p=33}} | minister3_termstart = 4 February 1793 | minister3_termend = 4 April 1793 | minister3_party = Independent politician | minister4 = Jean Baptiste Bouchotte{{sfn|Muel|1891|p=33}} | minister4_termstart = 4 April 1793 | minister4_termend = 1 April 1794 | minister4_party = The Mountain }} |
| {{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of the Interior | minister1 = Jean-Marie Roland, vicomte de la Platière{{sfn|Muel|1891|p=28}} | minister1_termstart = 10 August 1792 | minister1_termend = 14 March 1793 | minister1_party = Girondins | minister2 = Dominique Joseph Garat{{sfn|Muel|1891|p=33}} | minister2_termstart = 14 March 1793 | minister2_termend = 20 August 1793 | minister2_party = Girondins | minister3 = Jules-François Paré{{sfn|Muel|1891|p=33}} | minister3_termstart = 20 August 1793 | minister3_termend = 1 April 1794 | minister3_party = The Plain }} |
| {{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of Justice | minister1 = Georges Danton{{sfn|Muel|1891|p=28}} | minister1_termstart = 10 August 1792 | minister1_termend = 10 October 1792 | minister1_party = The Mountain | minister2 = Dominique Joseph Garat{{sfn|Muel|1891|p=33}} | minister2_termstart = 10 October 1792 | minister2_termend = 20 March 1793 | minister2_party = Girondins | minister3 = Louis-Jérôme Gohier{{sfn|Muel|1891|p=33}} | minister3_termstart = 20 March 1793 | minister3_termend = 1 April 1794 | minister3_party = The Plain }} |
| {{Cabinet table minister
| title = Minister of the Navy and Colonies | minister1 = Gaspard Monge{{sfn|Muel|1891|p=28}} | minister1_termstart = 10 August 1792 | minister1_termend = 10 April 1793 | minister1_party = The Mountain | minister2 = Jean Dalbarade{{sfn|Muel|1891|p=33}} | minister2_termstart = 10 April 1793 | minister2_termend = 1 April 1794 | minister2_party = Independent politician }} |
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References
Citations
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Sources
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- {{cite book|last=Muel|first=Léon|title=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 ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GW9DAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA25|access-date=2014-04-22
|year=1891|publisher=Marchal et Billard}}
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{{Governments of France (1792-1870)}}
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