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Étienne-François-Louis-Honoré Le Tourneur, dit Le Tourneur (de la Manche) b. 15 Mar 1751, Granville, Manche, France |
| Title: | Président de la Convention nationale (President of the National Convention) |
| Term: | 6 Jan 1795 - 20 Jan 1795 |
| Chronology: | 6 Jan 1795, election as president proclaimed by the National Convention, session of the Convention, salle des Machines, Palais des Tuileries, Paris [1, pp. 405-406] |
| 9 Jan 1795, assumed the chair as President of the National Convention for the first time, session of the Convention, salle des Machines, Palais des Tuileries, Paris [2] | |
| 20 Jan 1795, expiration of term; successor elected and proclaimed [3] | |
| Names/titles: | Surname also spelled as: Letourneur; the order of given names also found as: Charles-François-Louis-Honoré |
| Membre du Directoire exécutif de la République française (Member of the Executive Directory of the French Republic) (2 Nov 1795 - 26 May 1797) [see details]; Président du Directoire exécutif de la République française (President of the Executive Directory of the French Republic) (31 Jan 1796 - 30 Apr 1796, 30 Apr 1797 - 26 May 1797) [see details] |
| Biography: | |
| Educated as engineer (1770); held the rank of captain since 1778 and was attached to the port of Cherbourg; elected to the Assemblée nationale (National Assembly) (1791-1792); participated in strengthening the French navy and was transferred to the East Pyrenees army; elected to the Convention nationale (National Convention) (1792-1795); as a Convention member, entered the committee for war and carried out a number of missions in the army and navy; joined the Comité de salut public (Committee of Public Safety) (2 Aug 1795 - 4 Nov 1795), put in charge of war affairs and diplomacy; served as President of the National Convention (6 Jan 1795 - 20 Jan 1795); elected (1 Nov 1795) one of the original members of the Directoire exécutif (Executive Directory); two times served as President of the Directory (31 Jan 1796 - 30 Apr 1796, 30 Apr 1797 - 26 May 1797); selected for replacement (19 May 1797) according to the provisions of the Constitution of 1795 and gave up seat in the Directory (26 May 1797); created brigade general and minister plenipotentiary to negotiate a peace treaty with England at Lille; after the coup of 18 Fructidor (4 Sep 1797), recalled and remained politically inactive; during the Consulate was appointed (2 Mar 1800) préfet of Loire-Inférieure; retired in the rank of general (1802), granted a pension and named a councilor in the court of audits; banished as regicide (1816) and died in exile. Biography source: [4] |
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| [1] | A reference to the beginning of the term as président de la Convention nationale without details of election is found in Dictionnaire des Conventionnels, The Gazette nationale ou Le Moniteur universel does not include the minutes of the election session. |
| [2] | Gazette nationale ou Le Moniteur universel, No. 113, 23 nivôse an III. |
| [3] | Gazette nationale ou Le Moniteur universel, No. 124, 4 pluviôse an III. |
| [4] | Dictionnaire des parlementaires français 1789-1889, |
| Image: portrait by Jean-Baptist-François Desoria, c. 1795-1797. | |
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