Bertrand Barère
French politician, freemason and journalist (1755–1841)
Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac 10 September 1755 – 13 January 1841 was a French politician, freemason,journalist, and one of the most prominent members of the National Convention,
Bertrand Barère | |
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![]() Portrait of Barère by Jean-Louis Laneuville (1794) | |
Member of the Chamber of Representatives from Hautes-Pyrénées | |
In office 3 June 1815 – 13 July 1815 | |
Preceded by | Jean Lacrampe |
Succeeded by | Jean-Baptiste Darrieux |
Constituency | Tarbes |
Member of the Council of Five Hundred from Hautes-Pyrénées | |
In office 22 October 1795 – 26 December 1799 | |
Preceded by | Himself in the National Convention |
Constituency | Tarbes |
Commissioner to Navy, Military and Foreign Affairs | |
In office 6 April 1793 – 1 September 1794 | |
Majority | Committee of Public Safety |
6th president of the National Convention | |
In office 29 November 1792 – 13 December 1792 | |
Preceded by | Henri Grégoire |
Succeeded by | Jacques Defermon |
Member of the National Convention from Hautes-Pyrénées | |
In office 4 September 1792 – 26 October 1795 | |
Preceded by | Jean Dareau-Laubadère |
Succeeded by | Himself in the Council of Five Hundred |
Constituency | Tarbes |
Deputy to the Estates-General for the Third Estate | |
In office 5 May 1789 – 9 July 1789 | |
Constituency | Bigorre |
Personal details | |
Born | Tarbes, Gascony, France | 10 September 1755
Died | 13 January 1841 Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France | (aged 85)
Political party | Marais (1792–1795) Montagnard (1795–1799) Liberal Left (1815) |
Spouse(s) |
Élisabeth de Monde
(m. 1785; sep. 1793) |
Profession | Lawyer |
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