Bertrand Barère

Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac 10 September 1755 – 13 January 1841 was a French politician, freemason,journalist, and one of the most prominent members of the National Convention,


Bertrand Barère
Portrait of Barère by Jean-Louis Laneuville (1794)
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
from Hautes-Pyrénées
In office
3 June 1815  13 July 1815
Preceded byJean Lacrampe
Succeeded byJean-Baptiste Darrieux
ConstituencyTarbes
Member of the Council of Five Hundred
from Hautes-Pyrénées
In office
22 October 1795  26 December 1799
Preceded byHimself in the National Convention
ConstituencyTarbes
Commissioner to Navy, Military and Foreign Affairs
In office
6 April 1793  1 September 1794
MajorityCommittee of Public Safety
6th president of the National Convention
In office
29 November 1792  13 December 1792
Preceded byHenri Grégoire
Succeeded byJacques Defermon
Member of the National Convention
from Hautes-Pyrénées
In office
4 September 1792  26 October 1795
Preceded byJean Dareau-Laubadère
Succeeded byHimself in the Council of Five Hundred
ConstituencyTarbes
Deputy to the Estates-General
for the Third Estate
In office
5 May 1789  9 July 1789
ConstituencyBigorre
Personal details
Born(1755-09-10)10 September 1755
Tarbes, Gascony, France
Died13 January 1841(1841-01-13) (aged 85)
Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Political partyMarais (1792–1795)
Montagnard (1795–1799)
Liberal Left (1815)
Spouse(s)
Élisabeth de Monde
(m. 1785; separated 1793)
ProfessionLawyer
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