Ministers of the French National Convention

Ministers of the French National Convention
 France
cabinet of France
Date formed 10 August 1792
Date dissolved 1 April 1794
History
Predecessor Ministers of Louis XVI of France
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

Ministerial appointments were:

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