Cabinet Name: | Commissioners of the Committee of Public Safety |
Jurisdiction: | France |
Flag: | France |
Flag Border: | true |
Date Formed: | 1 April 1794 |
Date Dissolved: | 1 November 1795 |
State Head: | Committee of Public Safety |
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Previous: | Ministers of the French National Convention |
Successor: | French Directory |
The Commissioners of the Committee of Public Safety were appointed by the French Committee of Public Safety to oversee the various administrative departments between 1 April 1794 and 1 November 1795.
On 12 Germinal year II (1 April 1794) Lazare Carnot proposed suppressing 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.
The commissioners were dismissed when a new set of ministers was named by the French Directory on 3 November 1795.
Twelve committees were appointed, each composed of two members and one assistant, reporting to the Committee of Public Safety. The commissions were:
The committee members, or commissioners, were:
Commissioner | Committee | Start | End | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Armament | 7 February 1795 | 5 March 1795 | ||
Armament | 5 May 1795 | 1 September 1795 | ||
Armament | 3 June 1795 | 7 October 1795 | ||
Commerce and Supplies | 4 April 1795 | 3 July 1795 | ||
Commerce and Supplies | 5 April 1795 | 2 August 1795 | ||
Commerce and Supplies | 5 May 1795 | 1 September 1795 | ||
Commerce and Supplies | 3 June 1795 | 7 October 1795 | ||
Commerce and Supplies | 1 September 1795 | 7 October 1795 | ||
Commerce and Supplies | 7 October 1795 | 27 October 1795 | ||
Commerce and Supplies | 7 October 1795 | 27 October 1795 | ||
Constitution | 30 May 1793 | 10 July 1793 | ||
Constitution | 5 June 1793 | 29 December 1793 | ||
Jean-François Rewbell | Diplomacy | 5 March 1795 | 3 July 1795 | |
Diplomacy | 2 August 1795 | 27 October 1795 | ||
Foreign Affairs | 5 March 1795 | 3 July 1795 | ||
Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai | Foreign Affairs | 5 April 1795 | 3 June 1795 | |
Foreign Affairs | 3 July 1795 | 27 October 1795 | ||
Foreign Affairs | 3 July 1795 | 27 October 1795 | ||
Foreign Affairs | 3 July 1795 | 27 October 1795 | ||
Foreign Affairs, Navy, Military affairs | 6 April 1793 | 31 July 1794 | ||
Foreign Affairs, Navy, Military Affairs | 31 July 1794 | 1 September 1794 | ||
General correspondence, Military affairs | 30 May 1793 | 28 July 1794 | ||
Interior & Supplies | 6 April 1793 | 10 July 1793 | ||
Interior and Supplies | 6 April 1793 | 10 July 1793 | ||
Justice | 6 April 1793 | 5 June 1793 | ||
Justice | 6 April 1793 | 13 June 1793 | ||
Justice | 5 June 1793 | 10 July 1793 | ||
Member | 6 April 1793 | 7 April 1793 | ||
Member | 6 April 1793 | 10 July 1793 | ||
Member | 30 May 1793 | 22 June 1793 | ||
Member | 30 May 1793 | 28 July 1794 | ||
Member | 13 June 1793 | 31 July 1794 | ||
Member | 10 July 1793 | 20 September 1793 | ||
Pierre-Louis Prieur (de la Marne) | Member | 10 July 1793 | 31 July 1794 | |
Member | 27 July 1793 | 28 July 1794 | ||
Claude-Antoine Prieur de la Côte d'or | Member | 14 August 1793 | 31 July 1794 | |
Member | 14 August 1793 | 31 July 1794 | ||
Member | 6 September 1793 | 31 July 1794 | ||
Member | 6 September 1793 | 31 July 1794 | ||
Member | 31 July 1794 | 1 September 1794 | ||
Member | 31 July 1794 | 1 September 1794 | ||
Claude-Antoine Prieur de la Côte d'or | Member | 31 July 1794 | 7 October 1794 | |
Member | 31 July 1794 | 7 October 1794 | ||
Member | 31 July 1794 | 7 November 1794 | ||
Member | 31 July 1794 | 7 November 1794 | ||
Member | 31 July 1794 | 7 November 1794 | ||
Member | 31 July 1794 | 7 December 1794 | ||
Member | 31 July 1794 | 7 December 1794 | ||
Member | 1 September 1794 | 7 December 1794 | ||
Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai | Member | 1 September 1794 | 7 January 1795 | |
Member | 1 September 1794 | 7 January 1795 | ||
Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy | Member | 1 September 1794 | 7 January 1795 | |
Member | 1 September 1794 | 7 January 1795 | ||
Member | 7 October 1794 | 7 February 1795 | ||
Pierre-Louis Prieur (de la Marne) | Member | 7 October 1794 | 7 February 1795 | |
Member | 7 October 1794 | 7 February 1795 | ||
Jean Pelet de la Lozère | Member | 7 November 1794 | 5 March 1795 | |
Member | 7 November 1794 | 5 March 1795 | ||
Member | 7 November 1794 | 5 March 1795 | ||
Member | 7 December 1794 | 5 April 1795 | ||
Member | 7 January 1795 | 5 May 1795 | ||
Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai | Member | 7 February 1795 | 5 March 1795 | |
Member | 7 February 1795 | 3 June 1795 | ||
Member | 7 February 1795 | 5 June 1795 | ||
Member | 5 April 1795 | 5 May 1795 | ||
Member | 5 April 1795 | 5 May 1795 | ||
Pierre Henry-Larivière | Member | 3 June 1795 | 7 October 1795 | |
Member | 2 August 1795 | 27 October 1795 | ||
Member | 1 September 1795 | 1 September 1795 | ||
Military hospitals | 2 August 1795 | 27 October 1795 | ||
Military Supplies | 5 April 1795 | 3 July 1795 | ||
Navy | 5 May 1795 | 3 July 1795 | ||
Navy (adjoint) | 7 April 1793 | 13 June 1793 | ||
Navy and colonies | 1 April 1793 | 1 July 1795 | ||
Navy and colonies | 7 January 1795 | 5 May 1795 | ||
Navy and colonies | 5 May 1795 | 1 September 1795 | ||
Navy and colonies | 1 September 1795 | 27 October 1795 | ||
Navy and colonies | 7 October 1795 | 27 October 1795 | ||
Official correspondence | 31 July 1794 | 1 September 1794 | ||
President | 5 March 1795 | 5 April 1795 | ||
President | 5 April 1795 | 2 August 1795 | ||
President | 2 August 1795 | 1 September 1795 | ||
President | 1 September 1795 | 27 October 1795 | ||
Supplies | 7 December 1794 | 5 April 1795 | ||
Supplies | 5 March 1795 | 5 May 1795 | ||
Supplies, Finance | 22 June 1793 | 31 July 1794 | ||
Supplies, Finance | 31 July 1794 | 7 October 1794 | ||
War | 6 April 1793 | 10 July 1793 | ||
War | 6 April 1793 | 10 July 1793 | ||
War | 13 June 1793 | 24 July 1793 | ||
War | 7 December 1794 | 5 April 1795 | ||
War | 7 February 1795 | 3 June 1795 | ||
War | 5 May 1795 | 3 June 1795 | ||
War | 3 June 1795 | 3 July 1795 | ||
War | 3 July 1795 | 1 September 1795 | ||
War | 2 August 1795 | 27 October 1795 | ||
War | 1 September 1795 | 27 October 1795 | ||
Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai | War | 1 September 1795 | 27 October 1795 | |
War | 7 October 1795 | 27 October 1795 | ||
War and Foreign Affairs | 5 May 1795 | 2 August 1795 | ||
War, Member | 5 April 1795 | 2 August 1795 |