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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| President of the National Convention canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Maximilien Robespierre