Committee of Public Safety

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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.

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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
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
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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

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National Convention created Committee of Public Safety
National Convention created Committee of Public Safety
this entity surface form: Committee of General Security
Jacobin Club supportedInstitution Committee of Public Safety
Girondins repressedBy Committee of Public Safety
Directory precededBy Committee of Public Safety
Maximilien Robespierre memberOf Committee of Public Safety
Georges Danton memberOf Committee of Public Safety
Georges Danton opposedBy Committee of Public Safety
this entity surface form: Committee of Public Safety (during the Terror)
Montagnards controlledBody Committee of Public Safety
French Constitution of 1793 draftedBy Committee of Public Safety
Battle of Fleurus (1794) associatedWith Committee of Public Safety
Reign of Terror ledBy Committee of Public Safety
Reign of Terror keyInstitution Committee of Public Safety
Reign of Terror keyInstitution Committee of Public Safety
this entity surface form: Committee of General Security
French First Republic executiveBody Committee of Public Safety
French National Convention created Committee of Public Safety
French National Convention created Committee of Public Safety
this entity surface form: Committee of General Security
Bertrand Barère memberOf 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)
Committee of Public Safety nativeLabel Committee of Public Safety self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Comité de salut public
Georges Couthon memberOf Committee of Public Safety
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just memberOf Committee of Public Safety
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne memberOf Committee of Public Safety
Élie Guadet persecutedBy Committee of Public Safety
Cult of the Supreme Being associatedWith Committee of Public Safety
L'Ami du peuple supported Committee of Public Safety
editing L'Ami du peuple relatedTo Committee of Public Safety
this entity surface form: CommitteeOfPublicSafety
Law of Suspects enforcementBody Committee of Public Safety
this entity surface form: Committee of General Security
Law of Suspects enforcementBody Committee of Public Safety
Law of Suspects relatedInstitution Committee of Public Safety
this entity surface form: revolutionary committees of surveillance
Law of 22 Prairial associatedWith Committee of Public Safety
editing the newspaper Le Vieux Cordelier criticized Committee of Public Safety
this entity surface form: CommitteeOfPublicSafety
Le Vieux Cordelier criticized Committee of Public Safety
Le Vieux Cordelier opposedBy Committee of Public Safety
Revolutionary Tribunal associatedWith Committee of Public Safety
The Mountain supportedInstitution Committee of Public Safety
French Aerostatic Corps supervisedBy Committee of Public Safety
Vendée uprising opposedBy Committee of Public Safety
Organizer of Victory associatedWithInstitution Committee of Public Safety
The Terror significantPlace Committee of Public Safety
The Terror significantOrganization Committee of Public Safety
The Terror significantOrganization Committee of Public Safety
this entity surface form: Committee of General Security
Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai wasMemberOf Committee of Public Safety
Director (French Directory) replaces Committee of Public Safety
subject surface form: French Directory
Army of the Eastern Pyrenees subordinateTo Committee of Public Safety
this entity surface form: French Committee of Public Safety
Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans executedUnder Committee of Public Safety
Commune Council hasPart Committee of Public Safety
this entity surface form: Committee of Public Safety of the Paris Commune
Fabre d’Églantine associatedWith Committee of Public Safety
Committee of General Defense followedBy Committee of Public Safety
Committee of General Defense replacedBy Committee of Public Safety