Committee of Public Safety

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executive body government committee organ of the French First Republic

The Committee of Public Safety was the de facto executive government of France during the most radical phase of the French Revolution, overseeing war efforts and the Reign of Terror.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Committee of General Security	3
Comité de salut public	1
Committee of Public Safety (de facto influence)	1
Committee of Public Safety (during the Terror)	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive body ⓘ government committee ⓘ organ of the French First Republic ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	French First Republic ⓘ
appointedBy	National Convention ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
dissolved	1795-11-02 ⓘ
era	French First Republic ⓘ surface form: First French Republic
governmentForm	revolutionary government organ ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ armies of the French Republic ⓘ representatives on mission ⓘ
hasEffect	expansion of revolutionary war effort ⓘ intensification of political repression ⓘ strengthening central government power ⓘ
hasMember	Bertrand Barère ⓘ Georges Couthon ⓘ Georges Danton ⓘ Hérault de Séchelles ⓘ Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne ⓘ surface form: Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois ⓘ Jeanbon Saint-André NERFINISHED ⓘ Lazare Carnot ⓘ Louis Antoine de Saint-Just ⓘ Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ Prieur de la Marne ⓘ surface form: Prieur de la Côte-d'Or Prieur de la Marne ⓘ Robert Lindet ⓘ
hasPart	Public Safety representatives ⓘ
hasRole	coordination of Revolutionary Government ⓘ executive authority of France ⓘ oversight of foreign policy ⓘ oversight of war effort ⓘ supervision of internal security ⓘ war cabinet ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Tuileries Palace ⓘ surface form: Palais National (former Tuileries) Tuileries Palace ⓘ
inception	1793-04-06 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	French ⓘ
legalBasis	decrees of the National Convention ⓘ
legislativeBody	National Convention ⓘ
location	Paris ⓘ
motto	salus populi suprema lex ⓘ
namedAfter	public safety ⓘ
nativeLabel	Committee of Public Safety self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Comité de salut public
notableWork	centralization of war effort ⓘ implementation of Terror as policy ⓘ organization of mass conscription (levée en masse) ⓘ
numberOfMembers	12 ⓘ 9 ⓘ
opposedBy	Girondins ⓘ Thermidorian Reaction ⓘ surface form: Thermidorians
partOf	National Convention ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Montagnards ⓘ surface form: Montagnard radical Jacobin ⓘ
replacedBy	Directory ⓘ
replaces	Committee of General Defense ⓘ
significantEvent	Law of 22 Prairial ⓘ Reign of Terror ⓘ Thermidorian Reaction ⓘ fall of Robespierre ⓘ
subsidiaryOf	National Convention ⓘ
timePeriod	French Revolution ⓘ Reign of Terror ⓘ
usedLanguage	French ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Battle of Fleurus (1794) → associatedWith → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ

Society of Friends of the Constitution → controlled → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee of Public Safety (de facto influence)

Montagnards → controlledBody → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ

French National Convention → created → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee of General Security

National Convention → created → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee of General Security

French Constitution of 1793 → draftedBy → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ

French First Republic → executiveBody → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ

Reign of Terror → keyInstitution → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee of General Security

Reign of Terror → ledBy → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ

Bertrand Barère → memberOf → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ

Georges Couthon → memberOf → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ

Georges Danton → memberOf → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ

Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne → memberOf → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ

Louis Antoine de Saint-Just → memberOf → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ

Maximilien Robespierre → memberOf → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ

Committee of Public Safety → nativeLabel → Committee of Public Safety self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comité de salut public

Georges Danton → opposedBy → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee of Public Safety (during the Terror)

Directory → precededBy → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ

Girondins → repressedBy → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ

Jacobin Club → supportedInstitution → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ