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.
Contents |
| 20 September 1792 | Philippe Rühl |
| 20 September 1792 - 4 October 1792 | Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve |
| 4 October 1792 - 18 October 1792 | Jean-François Delacroix |
| 18 October 1792 - 1 November 1792 | Marguerite-Élie Guadet |
| 1 November 1792 - 15 November 1792 | Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles |
| 15 November 1792 - 29 November 1792 | Henri Grégoire |
| 29 November 1792 - 13 December 1792 | Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac |
| 13 December 1792 - 27 December 1792 | Jacques Defermon |
| 27 December 1792 - 10 January 1793 | Jean-Baptiste Treilhard |
| 10 January 1793 - 24 January 1793 | Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud |
| 24 January 1793 - 7 February 1793 | Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne¨ |
| 7 February 1793 - 21 February 1793 | Jean-Jacques Bréard, dit Bréard-Duplessis |
| 21 February 1793 - 7 March 1793 | Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé |
| 7 March 1793 - 21 March 1793 | Armand Gensonné |
| 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 |
| 16 May 1793 - 30 May 1793 | Maximin Isnard |
| 30 May 1793 - 13 June 1793 | François-René-Auguste Mallarmé |
| 13 June 1793 - 27 June 1793 | Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois |
| 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 |
| 22 August 1793 - 5 September 1793 | Maximilien Robespierre |
| 5 September 1793 - 19 September 1793 | Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne |
| 19 September 1793 - 3 October 1793 | Pierre Joseph Cambon |
| 3 October 1793 - 22 October 1793 | Louis Joseph Charlier |
| 22 October 1793 - 6 November 1793 | Moïse Antoine Pierre Jean Bayle |
| 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 |
| 21 December 1793 - 5 January 1794 | Georges Auguste Couthon |
| 5 January 1794 - 20 January 1794 | Jacques-Louis David |
| 20 January 1794 - 4 February 1794 | Marc Guillaume Alexis Vadier |
| 4 February 1794 - 19 February 1794 | Joseph-Nicolas Barbeau du Barran |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 19 June 1794 - 5 July 1794 | Élie Lacoste |
| 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 |
| 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, dit Bernard de Saintes |
| 22 September 1794 - 7 October 1794 | André Dumont |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6 March 1795 - 24 March 1795 | Antoine Claire Thibaudeau |
| 24 March 1795 - 5 April 1795 | Jean Pelet, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |