Cabinet of the French Consulate

Cabinet of the Consulate
 France
cabinet of France
The Three Consuls.
Date formed 11 November 1799
Date dissolved 18 May 1804
People and organisations
Head of government Napoleon Bonaparte
Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès
Charles-François Lebrun
History
Predecessor Government of the Directory
Successor First 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

The Ministers under the Consulate were:[1]

MinistryStartEndMinister
Foreign Affairs11 November 179922 November 1799Charles-Frédéric Reinhard
22 November 179918 May 1804Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Justice11 November 179925 December 1799Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès
25 December 179914 September 1802André Joseph Abrial
14 September 180218 May 1804Claude Ambroise Régnier
War11 November 17992 April 1800Louis-Alexandre Berthier
2 April 18008 October 1800Lazare Carnot
8 October 180018 May 1804Louis-Alexandre Berthier
Finance11 November 179918 May 1804Martin-Michel-Charles Gaudin
Police11 November 179918 May 1804Joseph Fouché
Interior12 November 179925 December 1799Pierre-Simon Laplace
25 December 179921 January 1801Lucien Bonaparte
21 January 180118 May 1804Jean-Antoine Chaptal
Navy and Colonies12 November 179922 November 1799Marc Antoine Bourdon de Vatry
22 November 17993 October 1801Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait
3 October 180118 May 1804Denis Decrès
Secretary of State25 December 179918 May 1804Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano
Treasury27 September 180118 May 1804François Barbé-Marbois
War Administration12 March 180218 May 1804Jean François Aimé Dejean

References

  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.
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