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Bertrand Barère

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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; sep. 1793)
ProfessionLawyer
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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,