Commissioners of the Committee of Public Safety

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.

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.

The commissioners were dismissed when a new set of ministers was named by the French Directory on 3 November 1795.

Committees

Twelve committees were appointed, each composed of two members and one assistant, reporting to the Committee of Public Safety. The commissions were:

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 DouaiForeign 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'orMember 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'orMember 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 DouaiMember 1 September 1794 7 January 1795 Jean-Baptiste Mathieu-Mirampal Member 1 September 1794 7 January 1795 Antoine François, comte de FourcroyMember 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 LozèreMember 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 DouaiMember 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-LarivièreMember 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 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 War2 August 179527 October 1795 Antoine Claire Thibaudeau War 1 September 1795 27 October 1795 Philippe-Antoine Merlin de DouaiWar 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

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