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]