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Jean-Jacques Bréard, dit Bréard-Duplessisb. 11 Oct 1751, Québec, Nouvelle-France (now Canada) [1] |
| Title: | Président de la Convention nationale (President of the National Convention) |
| Term: | 7 Feb 1793 - 21 Feb 1793 |
| Chronology: | 7 Feb 1793, election as president proclaimed by the National Convention, session of the Convention, Salle du Manège, Paris [2] |
| 8 Feb 1793, assumed the chair as President of the National Convention for the first time after the proclamation of election, session of the Convention, Salle du Manège, Paris [2] | |
| 21 Feb 1793, expiration of term; successor elected and proclaimed [3] |
| Biography: | |||||||||
Born in the family of a navy inspector; was involved in organizing elections to the États-Généraux (Estates-General) at Marennes, Charente-Infériuere; served as mayor of Marennes (31 Jan 1790 - 7 Jul 1790) and administrator of the département of Charente-Infériuere for the district of Marennes (from 25 Jun 1790); was elected vice resident of the administration of this département (22 Nov 1790); elected to the Assemblée nationale (National Assembly) (1791-1792), where represented Charente-Infériuere; elected (5 Sep 1792) a deputy from Charente-Infériuere to the Convention nationale (National Convention) (1792-1795); voted for the death sentence at the trial of King Louis XVI; elected President of the National Convention (7 Feb 1793 - 21 Feb 1793) [4]; served as a member of the Comité de sûreté générale (Committee of General Security) (17 Oct 1792 - 9 Jan 1793) and the Comité de salut public (Committee of Public Safety) (7 Apr 1793 - 5 Jun 1793, 31 Jul 1794 - 5 Dec 1794, 4 Jan 1795 - 4 May 1795); was sent on a mission to Brest to organize the coast defense (1793-1794); originally a Montagnard, supported the Thermidorian coup (27 Jul 1794) and ensuing reaction; was elected (13 Oct 1795) to the Corps législatif and took a seat in the Conseil des Anciens (Council of Ancients) as a deputy of Charente-Infériuere (1795-1798); supported the coup of 18 Brumaire, Year VIII (9 Nov 1799 - 10 Nov 1799) and was nominated to the Corps législatif (1799-1802); served as President of the Corps législatif (6 Jan 1801 - 21 Jan 1801); worked as administrator of the post offices in Paris; was banished as regicide (1816) and did not return to France until 1830. Biography source: [1][5] |
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| Election result source: [2] | |||||||||
| Sources and notes: | |||||||||
| [1] | Dictionnaire de biographie française (Paris: Letouzey et Ané, 1933-). Volume 7. | ||||||||
| [2] | Archives parlementaires de 1787 à 1860: recueil complet des débats législatifs et politiques des Chambres françaises. Première série, 1787 à 1799 (Paris: 1868-1913, 1966-), vol. LVIII, p. 371. | ||||||||
| [3] | Ibid., vol. LIX, p. 69. | ||||||||
| [4] | On a number of occasions, Bréard also chaired the Convention as ancien président in absence of the incumbent: 2 Apr 1793, 3 Apr 1793 and 4 Apr 1793 (evening session) for Jean Debry; 5 Aug 1793, 6 Aug 1793, 7 Aug 1793 for Georges Danton. | ||||||||
| [5] | Dictionnaire des parlementaires français: depuis le 1er mai 1789 jusqu'au 1er mai 1889, ed. by Adolphe Robert, Edgar Bourloton, Gaston Cougny (Paris: Bourloton, 1889-1891). | ||||||||
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