Commissioners of the Committee of Public Safety
Commissioners of the Committee of Public Safety | |
|---|---|
 FranceCabinet of France | |
| Date formed | 1 April 1794 |
| Date dissolved | 1 November 1795 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Committee of Public Safety |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Ministers of the French National Convention |
| Successor | French Directory |
The Commissioners of the Committee of Public Safety (French: Commissions exécutives) were appointed by the French Committee of Public Safety to oversee the various administrative departments between 1 April 1794 and 1 November 1795.
History
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.[1]
The commissioners were dismissed when a new set of ministers was named by the French Directory on 3 November 1795.[2]
Committees
Twelve committees were appointed, each composed of two members and one assistant, reporting to the Committee of Public Safety. The commissions were:[3]
- Civil administration, police and tribunals
- Public education
- Agriculture and the arts
- Commerce and supplies
- Public works
- Public assistance
- Transport, posts and couriers
- Finance
- Movement of land armies
- Navy and colonies
- Armaments, powder and mining
- Foreign affairs
Committee members
The committee members, or commissioners, were:
| Commissioner | Committee | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Pierre Chazal | Armament | 7 February 1795 | 5 March 1795 |
| Jacques Antoine Rabaut-Pommier | Armament | 5 May 1795 | 1 September 1795 |
| François-Joseph Gamon | Armament | 3 June 1795 | 7 October 1795 |
| Louis-Félix Roux de la Haute-Marne | Commerce and Supplies | 4 April 1795 | 3 July 1795 |
| Jean-Lambert Tallien | Commerce and Supplies | 5 April 1795 | 2 August 1795 |
| Théodore Vernier | Commerce and Supplies | 5 May 1795 | 1 September 1795 |
| Pierre Marec | Commerce and Supplies | 3 June 1795 | 7 October 1795 |
| Théophile Berlier | Commerce and Supplies | 1 September 1795 | 7 October 1795 |
| Charles Gourdan | Commerce and Supplies | 7 October 1795 | 27 October 1795 |
| Joseph Eschassériaux | Commerce and Supplies | 7 October 1795 | 27 October 1795 |
| Dominique Ramel de Nogaret | Constitution | 30 May 1793 | 10 July 1793 |
| Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles | Constitution | 5 June 1793 | 29 December 1793 |
| Jean-François Reubell | Diplomacy | 5 March 1795 | 3 July 1795 |
| Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès | Diplomacy | 2 August 1795 | 27 October 1795 |
| Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès | Foreign Affairs | 5 March 1795 | 3 July 1795 |
| Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai | Foreign Affairs | 5 April 1795 | 3 June 1795 |
| Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray | Foreign Affairs | 3 July 1795 | 27 October 1795 |
| Jean-Antoine Debry | Foreign Affairs | 3 July 1795 | 27 October 1795 |
| François-Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas | Foreign Affairs | 3 July 1795 | 27 October 1795 |
| Bertrand Barère | Foreign Affairs, Navy, Military affairs | 6 April 1793 | 31 July 1794 |
| Bertrand Barère | Foreign Affairs, Navy, Military Affairs | 31 July 1794 | 1 September 1794 |
| Louis Antoine de Saint-Just | General correspondence, Military affairs | 30 May 1793 | 28 July 1794 |
| Pierre-Joseph Cambon | Interior & Supplies | 6 April 1793 | 10 July 1793 |
| Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau | Interior and Supplies | 6 April 1793 | 10 July 1793 |
| Jean-Jacques Bréard | Justice | 6 April 1793 | 5 June 1793 |
| Jean Baptiste Treilhard | Justice | 6 April 1793 | 13 June 1793 |
| Théophile Berlier | Justice | 5 June 1793 | 10 July 1793 |
| Jean-Antoine Debry | Member | 6 April 1793 | 7 April 1793 |
| Georges Danton | Member | 6 April 1793 | 10 July 1793 |
| Jean-Baptiste Mathieu-Mirampal | Member | 30 May 1793 | 22 June 1793 |
| Georges Couthon | Member | 30 May 1793 | 28 July 1794 |
| Jean Bon Saint-André | Member | 13 June 1793 | 31 July 1794 |
| Jacques-Alexis Thuriot de la Rosière | Member | 10 July 1793 | 20 September 1793 |
| Pierre-Louis Prieur (de la Marne) | Member | 10 July 1793 | 31 July 1794 |
| Maximilien de Robespierre | Member | 27 July 1793 | 28 July 1794 |
| Claude-Antoine Prieur de la Côte d'or | Member | 14 August 1793 | 31 July 1794 |
| Lazare Carnot | Member | 14 August 1793 | 31 July 1794 |
| Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois | Member | 6 September 1793 | 31 July 1794 |
| Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne | Member | 6 September 1793 | 31 July 1794 |
| Jean-Lambert Tallien | Member | 31 July 1794 | 1 September 1794 |
| Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois | Member | 31 July 1794 | 1 September 1794 |
| Claude-Antoine Prieur de la Côte d'or | Member | 31 July 1794 | 7 October 1794 |
| Lazare Carnot | Member | 31 July 1794 | 7 October 1794 |
| Jean Baptiste Treilhard | Member | 31 July 1794 | 7 November 1794 |
| Pierre-Antoine Laloy | Member | 31 July 1794 | 7 November 1794 |
| Joseph Eschassériaux | Member | 31 July 1794 | 7 November 1794 |
| Jacques-Alexis Thuriot de la Rosière | Member | 31 July 1794 | 7 December 1794 |
| Jean-Jacques Bréard | Member | 31 July 1794 | 7 December 1794 |
| Charles Cochon de Lapparent | Member | 1 September 1794 | 7 December 1794 |
| Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai | Member | 1 September 1794 | 7 January 1795 |
| Jean-Baptiste Mathieu-Mirampal | Member | 1 September 1794 | 7 January 1795 |
| Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy | Member | 1 September 1794 | 7 January 1795 |
| Jean-François-Bertrand Delmas | Member | 1 September 1794 | 7 January 1795 |
| Joseph Richard | Member | 7 October 1794 | 7 February 1795 |
| Pierre-Louis Prieur (de la Marne) | Member | 7 October 1794 | 7 February 1795 |
| Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau | Member | 7 October 1794 | 7 February 1795 |
| Jean Pelet de la Lozère | Member | 7 November 1794 | 5 March 1795 |
| Lazare Carnot | Member | 7 November 1794 | 5 March 1795 |
| Jean-Jacques Cambacérès | Member | 7 November 1794 | 5 March 1795 |
| André Dumont | Member | 7 December 1794 | 5 April 1795 |
| Jean-Jacques Bréard | Member | 7 January 1795 | 5 May 1795 |
| Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai | Member | 7 February 1795 | 5 March 1795 |
| Jean-Baptiste Mathieu-Mirampal | Member | 7 February 1795 | 3 June 1795 |
| Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy | Member | 7 February 1795 | 5 June 1795 |
| Denis Lesage d'Eure and Loir | Member | 5 April 1795 | 5 May 1795 |
| Jacques Antoine Creuzé-Latouche | Member | 5 April 1795 | 5 May 1795 |
| Pierre Henry-Larivière | Member | 3 June 1795 | 7 October 1795 |
| Denis Lesage d'Eure and Loir | Member | 2 August 1795 | 27 October 1795 |
| Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux | Member | 1 September 1795 | 1 September 1795 |
| Jean-François Reubell | Military hospitals | 2 August 1795 | 27 October 1795 |
| Pierre Gillet | Military Supplies | 5 April 1795 | 3 July 1795 |
| Gustave Doulcet de Pontécoulant | Navy | 5 May 1795 | 3 July 1795 |
| Jean-Baptiste Robert Lindet | Navy (adjoint) | 7 April 1793 | 13 June 1793 |
| Jean Dalbarade[4] | Navy and colonies | 1 April 1793 | 1 July 1795 |
| Pierre Marec | Navy and colonies | 7 January 1795 | 5 May 1795 |
| Jacques Defermon des Chapelières | Navy and colonies | 5 May 1795 | 1 September 1795 |
| Pierre-Claude Daunou | Navy and colonies | 1 September 1795 | 27 October 1795 |
| Marie-Joseph Chénier | Navy and colonies | 7 October 1795 | 27 October 1795 |
| Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne | Official correspondence | 31 July 1794 | 1 September 1794 |
| Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai | President | 5 March 1795 | 5 April 1795 |
| Jean-Jacques Cambacérès | President | 5 April 1795 | 2 August 1795 |
| Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai | President | 2 August 1795 | 1 September 1795 |
| Jean-Jacques Cambacérès | President | 1 September 1795 | 27 October 1795 |
| François-Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas | Supplies | 7 December 1794 | 5 April 1795 |
| François Sébastien Christophe Laporte | Supplies | 5 March 1795 | 5 May 1795 |
| Jean-Baptiste Robert Lindet | Supplies, Finance | 22 June 1793 | 31 July 1794 |
| Jean-Baptiste Robert Lindet | Supplies, Finance | 31 July 1794 | 7 October 1794 |
| Jean-François-Bertrand Delmas | War | 6 April 1793 | 10 July 1793 |
| Jean-François Delacroix | War | 6 April 1793 | 10 July 1793 |
| Thomas-Augustin de Gasparin | War | 13 June 1793 | 24 July 1793 |
| Edmond Dubois-Crancé | War | 7 December 1794 | 5 April 1795 |
| Jean-Pierre Lacombe-Saint-Michel | War | 7 February 1795 | 3 June 1795 |
| François Sébastien Christophe Laporte | War | 5 May 1795 | 3 June 1795 |
| Claude-Antoine Blad | War | 3 June 1795 | 3 July 1795 |
| Gustave Doulcet de Pontécoulant | War | 3 July 1795 | 1 September 1795 |
| Charles-Louis Letourneur de la Manche | War | 2 August 1795 | 27 October 1795 |
| Antoine Claire Thibaudeau | War | 1 September 1795 | 27 October 1795 |
| Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai | War | 1 September 1795 | 27 October 1795 |
| Théophile Berlier | War | 7 October 1795 | 27 October 1795 |
| Jean Baptiste Treilhard | War and Foreign Affairs | 5 May 1795 | 2 August 1795 |
| François Aubry | War, Member | 5 April 1795 | 2 August 1795 |
References
Sources
- Muel, Léon (1891). 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 ... Marchal et Billard. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
- Zanco, Jean-Philippe (2011-11-01). Dictionnaire des ministres de la Marine (1689–1958): Kronos N° 58. SPM. ISBN 978-2-296-47238-9. Retrieved 2014-05-04.