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Cabinet of the French Consulate

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Cabinet of the Consulate
 France
Cabinet of France
The Three Consuls.
Date formed11 November 1799
Date dissolved18 May 1804
People and organisations
Head of governmentNapoleon Bonaparte
Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès
Charles-François Lebrun
History
PredecessorGovernment of the Directory
SuccessorFirst Cabinet of Napoleon I

The Cabinet of the French Consulate was formed following the Coup of 18 Brumaire which replaced the Directory with the Consulate. The new regime was ratified by the adoption of the Constitution of the Year VIII on 24 December 1799 and headed by Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul, with Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès and Charles-François Lebrun serving as Second and Third Consuls respectively.

Ministers

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The Ministers under the consulate were:[1]

Ministry Start End Minister
Foreign Affairs 11 November 1799 22 November 1799 Charles-Frédéric Reinhard
22 November 1799 18 May 1804 Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Justice 11 November 1799 25 December 1799 Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès
25 December 1799 14 September 1802 André Joseph Abrial
14 September 1802 18 May 1804 Claude Ambroise Régnier
War 11 November 1799 2 April 1800 Louis-Alexandre Berthier
2 April 1800 8 October 1800 Lazare Carnot
8 October 1800 18 May 1804 Louis-Alexandre Berthier
Finance 11 November 1799 18 May 1804 Martin-Michel-Charles Gaudin
Police 11 November 1799 18 May 1804 Joseph Fouché
Interior 12 November 1799 25 December 1799 Pierre-Simon Laplace
25 December 1799 21 January 1801 Lucien Bonaparte
21 January 1801 18 May 1804 Jean-Antoine Chaptal
Navy and Colonies 12 November 1799 22 November 1799 Marc Antoine Bourdon de Vatry
22 November 1799 3 October 1801 Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait
3 October 1801 18 May 1804 Denis Decrès
Secretary of State 25 December 1799 18 May 1804 Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano
Treasury 27 September 1801 18 May 1804 François Barbé-Marbois
War Administration 12 March 1802 18 May 1804 Jean François Aimé Dejean

References

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  1. ^ *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. p. 61. Retrieved 2014-05-03.