Because of his health, Robespierre announced he was to resign but on 27 July he was appointed as a member of the powerful Committee of Public Safety. In April 1793, Robespierre urged the Jacobins to raise a sans-culotte army to enforce revolutionary laws and sweep away any counter-revolutionary conspirator, leading to the armed Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793.
As one of the leading members of the Paris Commune, Robespierre was elected as a deputy to the French Convention in early September 1792 but was soon criticized for trying to establish either a triumvirate or a dictatorship, though there is little evidence to support this. Originally a lawyer, he became involved with politics as one of the representatives of the Estates-General in 1789. His goal was to create a one and indivisible France, establish equality before the law, abolish prerogatives, and defend the principles of direct democracy. Robespierre played an important part in the agitation which brought about the fall of the French monarchy on 10 August 1792 and the convocation of the National Convention. In 1791, Robespierre was elected as " public accuser" and became an outspoken advocate for male citizens without a political voice, for their unrestricted admission to the National Guard, to public offices, and to the commissioned ranks of the army, for the right to petition and the right to bear arms in self defence. He earned the nickname "the incorruptible" for his adherence to strict moral values.
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre ( French: – 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and statesman who became one of the most widely known, influential, and controversial figures of the French Revolution.Īs a member of the Estates-General, the Constituent Assembly, and the Jacobin Club, he campaigned for universal manhood suffrage, the right to vote for people of color, Jews, actors, and domestic staff, and the abolition of both clerical celibacy and French involvement in the Atlantic slave trade. Member of the Commission of Public SafetyĢ4th President of the National Conventionĭeputy of the National Constituent Assembly
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