List of Presidents of the National Convention
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From September 22, 1792 to November 2, 1795, the French Republic was de jure
governed by the National Convention
, whose president (elected from within for a 14-day term) may be considered as France's legitimate Head of State
during this period.
De jure
De jure is an expression that means "concerning law", as contrasted with de facto, which means "concerning fact".De jure = 'Legally', De facto = 'In fact'....
governed by the National Convention
National Convention
During the French Revolution, the National Convention or Convention, in France, comprised the constitutional and legislative assembly which sat from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795 . It held executive power in France during the first years of the French First Republic...
, whose president (elected from within for a 14-day term) may be considered as France's legitimate Head of State
Head of State
A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
during this period.
1792
| 20 September 1792 | Philippe Rühl |
| 20 September 1792 - 4 October 1792 | Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve was a French writer and politician.Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve was the son of a at Chartres. Though it is known that he was trained as a lawyer, very few specifics are known about Petion’s early life, as he was virtually unknown prior to the French Revolution... |
| 4 October 1792 - 18 October 1792 | Jean-François Delacroix Jean-François Delacroix Jean-François de Lacroix or Delacroix was a French politician and member of the Committee of Public Safety... |
| 18 October 1792 - 1 November 1792 | Marguerite-Élie Guadet |
| 1 November 1792 - 15 November 1792 | Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles was a French judge and politician who took part in the French Revolution.-Origins and early career:... |
| 15 November 1792 - 29 November 1792 | Henri Grégoire Henri Grégoire Henri Grégoire , often referred to as Abbé Grégoire, was a French Roman Catholic priest, constitutional bishop of Blois and a revolutionary leader... |
| 29 November 1792 - 13 December 1792 | Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac was a French politician and journalist, one of the most notorious members of the National Convention during the French Revolution.-Early career:He was born at Tarbes in Gascony... |
| 13 December 1792 - 27 December 1792 | Jacques Defermon |
| 27 December 1792 - 10 January 1793 | Jean-Baptiste Treilhard |
1793
| 10 January 1793 - 24 January 1793 | Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud was a lawyer and statesman, and a significant figure of the French Revolution. A deputy to the Assembly from Bordeaux, Vergniaud was a notably eloquent and impressive orator... |
| 24 January 1793 - 7 February 1793 | Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Etienne Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne was a French revolutionary.-Biography:Rabaut de Saint-Étienne was born at Nîmes, Gard, the son of Paul Rabaut, the additional surname of Saint-Étienne taken from a small property near Nîmes.... ¨ |
| 7 February 1793 - 21 February 1793 | Jean-Jacques Bréard Jean-Jacques Bréard Jean-Jacques Bréard was born into a family of a navy inspectors. He moved to France as a young boy in 1758. His first involvement in politics included organizing elections to the Estates General in Marennes and a short stint as major of Marennes from January 1790 through July 1790... , dit Bréard-Duplessis |
| 21 February 1793 - 7 March 1793 | Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé was a French soldier and politician.-National and Constituent Assemblies:Born in Charleville, Ardennes, he was at first a musketeer, then a lieutenant of the Marchaux , and embraced Liberalism... |
| 7 March 1793 - 21 March 1793 | Armand Gensonné Armand Gensonné Armand Gensonné was a French politician.The son of a military surgeon, he was born in Bordeaux, Gascony, and studied Law before the outbreak of the French Revolution, becoming lawyer of the parlement of Bordeaux... |
| 21 March 1793 - 4 April 1793 | Jean Antoine Joseph Debry |
| 4 April 1793 - 18 April 1793 | Jean François Bertrand Delmas |
| 18 April 1793 - 2 May 1793 | Marc David Albin Lasource |
| 2 May 1793 - 16 May 1793 | Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède was a French Girondin politician.A deputy to the National Convention from his native city, Bordeaux, he voted for the death of Louis XVI, denounced the September Massacres and accused Jean-Paul Marat... |
| 16 May 1793 - 30 May 1793 | Maximin Isnard Maximin Isnard Maximin Isnard , French revolutionary, was a dealer in perfumery at Draguignan when he was elected deputy for the département of the Var to the Legislative Assembly, where he joined the Girondists.- Before the French Revolution :Born in 1755, he was the last son of Maximin Isnard and Anne-Thérèse... |
| 30 May 1793 - 13 June 1793 | François-René-Auguste Mallarmé François René Mallarmé François-René-Auguste Mallarmé was a politician during the French Revolution.-Early life and mandates:The son of a lawyer, he was born at Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle... |
| 13 June 1793 - 27 June 1793 | Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois was a French actor, dramatist, essayist, and revolutionary. He was a member of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror and, while he saved Madame Tussaud from the Guillotine, he administered the execution of more than 2,000 people in the city of... |
| 27 June 1793 - 11 July 1793 | Jacques Alexis Thuriot de la Rosière |
| 11 July 1793 - 25 July 1793 | Andre Jeanbon Saint Andre |
| 25 July 1793 - 8 August 1793 | Georges Jacques Danton |
| 8 August 1793 - 22 August 1793 | Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles was a French judge and politician who took part in the French Revolution.-Origins and early career:... |
| 22 August 1793 - 5 September 1793 | Maximilien Robespierre Maximilien Robespierre Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre is one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. He largely dominated the Committee of Public Safety and was instrumental in the period of the Revolution commonly known as the Reign of Terror, which ended with his... |
| 5 September 1793 - 19 September 1793 | Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne , also known as Jean Nicolas, was a French personality of the Revolutionary period. Though not one of the most well known figures of the French Revolution, Jacques Nicolas Billaud Varenne was an instrumental figure of the period known as the Reign of Terror... |
| 19 September 1793 - 3 October 1793 | Pierre Joseph Cambon Pierre Joseph Cambon Pierre-Joseph Cambon was a French statesman.Born in Montpellier, Cambon was the son of a wealthy cotton merchant. In 1785, his father retired, leaving Pierre and his two brothers to run the business, but in 1788 Pierre entered politics, and was sent by his fellow-citizens as deputy suppliant to... |
| 3 October 1793 - 22 October 1793 | Louis Joseph Charlier |
| 22 October 1793 - 6 November 1793 | Moïse Antoine Pierre Jean Bayle Moyse Bayle Moyse Antoine Pierre Jean Bayle was a French politician of the French Revolution.-References:... |
| 6 November 1793 - 21 November 1793 | Pierre-Antoine Lalloy |
| 21 November 1793 - 6 December 1793 | Charles-Gilbert Romme |
| 6 December 1793 - 21 December 1793 | Jean-Henri Voulland Jean-Henri Voulland Jean-Henri Voulland was a politician of the French Revolution. Originating from a Protestant family, he originally studied law. One of his offices was as deputy for Gard in the National Convention, to which role he was elected on 5 September 1792. In September 1793 he was elected as a member of... |
| 21 December 1793 - 5 January 1794 | Georges Auguste Couthon Georges Couthon Georges Auguste Couthon a French politician and lawyer in the French Revolution. Couthon would befriend Robespierre and serve on the Committee of Public Safety with him from 30 May 1793 until his and Robespierre’s deaths in 1794... |
1794
| 5 January 1794 - 20 January 1794 | Jacques-Louis David Jacques-Louis David Jacques-Louis David was an influential French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era... |
| 20 January 1794 - 4 February 1794 | Marc Guillaume Alexis Vadier |
| 4 February 1794 - 19 February 1794 | Joseph-Nicolas Barbeau du Barran Joseph-Nicolas Barbeau du Barran Joseph-Nicolas Barbeau du Barran was a French politician. He was deputy to the French National Convention and a member of the Chambre des représentants de France during the Hundred Days.-Life:... |
| 19 February 1794 - 6 March 1794 | Louis Antoine de Saint-Just |
| 6 March 1794 - 21 March 1794 | Philippe Rühl |
| 21 March 1794 - 5 April 1794 | Jean-Lambert Tallien Jean-Lambert Tallien Jean-Lambert Tallien , was a French political figure of the revolutionary period.-Clerk and journalist:He was the son of the maître d'hôtel of the Marquis de Bercy, and was born in Paris. The marquis, noticing his ability, had him educated, and got him a place as a lawyer's clerk... |
| 5 April 1794 - 20 April 1794 | Jean-Baptiste-André Amar |
| 20 April 1794 - 5 May 1794 | Robert Lindet |
| 5 May 1794 - 20 May 1794 | Lazare Carnot |
| 20 May 1794 - 4 June 1794 | Claude-Antoine Prieur-Duvernois |
| 4 June 1794 - 19 June 1794 | Maximilien Robespierre Maximilien Robespierre Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre is one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. He largely dominated the Committee of Public Safety and was instrumental in the period of the Revolution commonly known as the Reign of Terror, which ended with his... |
| 19 June 1794 - 5 July 1794 | Élie Lacoste Élie Lacoste Élie Lacoste was a French politician during the French Revolution-Source:*Histoire et dictionnaire de la Révolution française 1789-1799 de Jean Tulard, Jean-François Fayard, Alfred Fierro... |
| 5 July 1794 - 19 July 1794 | Jean-Antoine Louis, dit Louis du Bas-Rhin |
| 19 July 1794 - 3 August 1794 | Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois was a French actor, dramatist, essayist, and revolutionary. He was a member of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror and, while he saved Madame Tussaud from the Guillotine, he administered the execution of more than 2,000 people in the city of... |
| 3 August 1794 - 18 August 1794 | Philippe Antoine Merlin, dit Merlin de Douai |
| 18 August 1794 - 2 September 1794 | Antoine Merlin de Thionville |
| 2 September 1794 - 22 September 1794 | André Antoine Bernard André Antoine Bernard André Antoine Bernard called Bernard de Saintes, was a French lawyer and revolutionary, one of the Jacobins responsible for the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution.-Names:... , dit Bernard de Saintes |
| 22 September 1794 - 7 October 1794 | André Dumont André Dumont André Hubert Dumont was a Belgian geologist.Dumont was born in Liège. His first work was a masterly Mémoire on the geology of the province of Liège published in 1832. A few years later he became a professor of mineralogy and geology and afterwards Rector of the University of Liège... |
| 7 October 1794 - 22 October 1794 | Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès |
| 22 October 1794 - 6 November 1794 | Pierre-Louis Prieur, dit Prieur de la Marne |
| 6 November 1794 - 24 November 1794 | Louis Legendre Louis Legendre Louis Legendre was a French politician of the Revolution period.-Early activities:Born at Versailles, he was keeping a butcher's shop in Saint Germain, Paris, by 1789... |
| 24 November 1794 - 6 December 1794 | Jean-Baptiste Clauzel |
| 6 December 1794 - 21 December 1794 | Jean-François Reubell |
| 21 December 1794 - 6 January 1795 | Pierre Louis Bentabole |
1795
| 6 January 1795 - 20 January 1795 | Étienne-François Le Tourneur |
| 20 January 1795 - 4 February 1795 | Stanislas Joseph François Xavier Rovère |
| 4 February 1795 - 19 February 1795 | Paul Barras |
| 19 February 1795 - 6 March 1795 | François Louis Bourdon François Louis Bourdon Francois Louis Bourdon , also known as Bourdon de l'Oise, was a French politician of the Revolutionary period and procureur at the parlement of Paris.-Biography:... |
| 6 March 1795 - 24 March 1795 | Antoine Claire Thibaudeau Antoine Claire Thibaudeau Antoine Claire, Comte Thibaudeau was a French politician.He was the son of Antoine de Thibaudeau , who was a lawyer of Poitiers and a deputy to the Estates-General of 1789. He was admitted to the bar in 1787, and in 1789 accompanied his father to the Estates-General at Versailles... |
| 24 March 1795 - 5 April 1795 | Jean Pelet Jean Pelet Jean Pelet, known as Pelet de la Lozère was a French politician.-Early life:... , dit Pelet de la Lozère |
| 5 April 1795 - 20 April 1795 | François-Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas |
| 20 April 1795 - 5 May 1795 | Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès , commonly known as Abbé Sieyès, was a French Roman Catholic abbé and clergyman, one of the chief theorists of the French Revolution, French Consulate, and First French Empire... |
| 5 May 1795 - 26 May 1795 | Théodore Vernier |
| 26 May 1795 - 4 June 1795 | Jean-Baptiste Charles Matthieu |
| 4 June 1795 - 19 June 1795 | Jean-Denis Lanjuneais |
| 19 June 1795 - 4 July 1795 | Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray |
| 4 July 1795 - 19 July 1795 | Louis-Gustave Doulcet de Pontécoulant |
| 19 July 1795 - 3 August 1795 | Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux |
| 3 August 1795 - 19 August 1795 | Pierre Claude François Daunou Pierre Claude François Daunou Pierre Claude François Daunou was a French statesman and historian of the French Revolution and Empire.- Early career :... |
| 19 August 1795 - 2 September 1795 | Marie-Joseph Chénier |
| 2 September 1795 - 23 September 1795 | Théophile Berlier |
| 23 September 1795 - 8 October 1795 | Pierre-Charles-Louis Baudin |
| 8 October 1795 - 26 October 1795 | Jean-Joseph-Victor Genissieu |
- Full list of members of the Convention per department: :fr:Liste des membres de la Convention nationale par département