First Cabinet of Napoleon I
Ministry From To Minister
Secretary of State 18 May 1804 17 April 1811 Hugues-Bernard Maret , duc de Bassano
Secretary of State 17 April 1811 20 November 1813 Pierre Daru
Secretary of State 20 November 1813 1 April 1814 Hugues-Bernard Maret , duc de Bassano
Foreign Affairs 18 May 1804 9 August 1807 Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Foreign Affairs 9 August 1807 17 April 1811 Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de Champagny
Foreign Affairs 17 April 1811 20 November 1813 Hugues-Bernard Maret , duc de Bassano
Foreign Affairs 20 November 1813 1 April 1814 Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt
Interior 18 May 1804 8 August 1804 Jean-Antoine Chaptal
Interior 8 August 1804 9 August 1807 Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de Champagny
Interior 9 August 1807 29 June 1809 Emmanuel Crétet
Interior 29 June 1809 1 October 1809 Joseph Fouché ( ? )
Interior 1 October 1809 1 April 1814 Jean-Pierre de Montalivet
Justice 18 May 1804 13 June 1813 Claude Ambroise Régnier
Justice 20 November 1813 1 April 1814 Mathieu Molé
War 18 May 1804 9 August 1807 Louis-Alexandre Berthier
War 9 August 1807 20 November 1813 Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke
War 20 November 1813 1 April 1814 Pierre Daru
War Administration 18 May 1804 3 January 1810 Jean François Aimé Dejean
War Administration 3 January 1810 20 November 1813 Jean-Girard Lacuée
War Administration 20 November 1813 1 April 1814 Pierre Daru
Ministers
Napoleon retained the ministers from the Consulate , but made various changes during his reign . He did not appoint a prime minister , but headed the government himself . [ 3 ] The ministers were :
The First Cabinet of Napoleon I was appointed by the Emperor Napoleon I upon the establishment of the First French Empire on 18 May 1804, replacing the Cabinet of the Consulate. It was succeeded by the French Provisional Government of 1814 following the downfall of Napoleon and the abolition of the Empire.