Committee of General Defense

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French Revolutionary institution government body revolutionary committee

The Committee of General Defense was an early French Revolutionary governing body responsible for overseeing national security and internal order before being supplanted by more powerful institutions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Committee of General Defense canonical	1
Committee of General Security	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French Revolutionary institution ⓘ government body ⓘ revolutionary committee ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	France ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
createdBy	National Convention ⓘ
dissolvedBecauseOf	transfer of police functions to the Committee of General Security ⓘ transfer of powers to the Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
followedBy	Committee of General Defense self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Committee of General Security Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	internal security ⓘ public order ⓘ surveillance of suspects ⓘ
hasRole	counter‑revolutionary repression ⓘ oversight of internal order ⓘ oversight of national security ⓘ police supervision ⓘ political surveillance ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Paris ⓘ
historicalEra	French Revolution ⓘ
legislativeBody	National Convention ⓘ
location	Paris ⓘ
operatedInPeriod	French First Republic ⓘ
partOf	French Revolution ⓘ French First Republic ⓘ surface form: government of the French First Republic
precededBy	Legislative Assembly committees ⓘ
reasonForReplacement	creation of more powerful revolutionary committees ⓘ
replacedBy	Committee of Public Safety ⓘ surface form: Committee of General Security Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
significantEvent	early phase of the Reign of Terror ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Committee of Public Safety → replaces → Committee of General Defense ⓘ

Committee of General Defense → followedBy → Committee of General Defense self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee of General Security