President of the National Convention

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The President of the National Convention was the rotating presiding officer of France’s revolutionary legislature during the French Revolution, responsible for directing debates and representing the assembly.

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President of the National Convention canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative office
political office
presiding officer
appliesToJurisdiction French First Republic
appointedBy National Convention
associatedWithEvent abolition of the French monarchy
Trial of Louis XVI
surface form: trial of Louis XVI
authorityOver procedural conduct of sessions
country France
dissolvedWith National Convention
endTime 1795
followedBy President of the Council of Five Hundred
governmentBranch legislative branch
historicalPeriod French Revolutionary Wars
Reign of Terror
jurisdiction French First Republic
languageOfWorkOrName French
legalForm office defined by revolutionary decrees
legislativeBody National Convention
locatedInTime French Revolutionary period
notableOfficeHolder Bertrand Barère
Georges Couthon
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois
surface form: Jean-Marie Collot d’Herbois

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
Maximilien Robespierre
officeCreatedFor National Convention
officeType rotating presidency
partOf National Convention
precededBy President of the Council of Five Hundred
surface form: President of the Legislative Assembly of France
residence Paris
responsibility announcing votes and decisions
directing debates
ensuring observance of procedural rules
granting or withdrawing the floor to speakers
maintaining order in the chamber
representing the assembly externally
signing official acts of the Convention
roleIn French Revolution
seat Salle du Manège
Tuileries Palace
selectionMethod election by deputies
startTime 1792
subordinateTo National Convention
symbolicRole head of the revolutionary legislature
temporalContext post-monarchical France
termLength approximately two weeks
rotating

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Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès positionHeld President of the National Convention
Maximilien positionHeld President of the National Convention
subject surface form: Maximilien Robespierre