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9 unusual facts about Committee of General Security


Amélie-Julie Candeille

She was the object of a denunciation and a search was ordered of her residence at rue Neuve des Mathurins, but thanks to the Montagnard deputy Julien de Toulouse (a member of the Committee of General Security) she managed to avoid being labelled a suspect and thus arrested.

Committee of General Security

The Committee supervised the local police committees in charge of investigating reports of treason, and was one of the agencies with authority to refer suspects to the Revolutionary Tribunal with authority to execute by guillotine.

The Committee of General Security was a French parliamentary committee which acted as police agency during the French Revolution that, along with the Committee of Public Safety, oversaw the Reign of Terror.

Jean-Henri Voulland

In September 1793 he was elected as a member of the Committee of General Security.

Jean-Pierre-André Amar

Amar entered the Committee of General Security after the events of June 2, 1793 (on June 16), and was, with Marc-Guillaume Alexis Vadier, one of its most influential members.

Julien of Toulouse

He was next sent on a mission to Orléans and the Vendée, in which he acted as a committed Montagnard, before becoming a member of the Committee of General Security, in which he was put in charge of a report on the rebel and federalist administrators who resisted the events of 31 May.

Marc David Alba Lasource

He also served as a member of the Committee of General Security (24 January 1793 - April 1793) and as President of the National Convention (18 April 1793 - 2 May 1793).

Revolutionary committee

The name was borrowed from the history of the French Revolution, where comités révolutionnaires were created, the superior ones being Committee of Public Safety and Committee of General Security.

The Death of Marat

David was the leading French painter, as well as a Montagnard and a member of the revolutionary Committee of General Security.



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