Jean-Lambert Tallien

Jean-Lambert Tallien
Portrait by François Bonneville, late 18th century
38th President of the National Convention
In office
21 March 1794 – 5 April 1794
Preceded byPhilippe Rühl
Succeeded byJean-Pierre-André Amar
Deputy in the National Convention
In office
20 September 1792 – 2 November 1795
ConstituencySeine-et-Oise
Deputy in the Council of Five Hundred
In office
2 November 1795 – 10 November 1799
ConstituencySeine-et-Oise
Personal details
Born(1767-01-23)23 January 1767
Paris, Kingdom of France
Died16 November 1820(1820-11-16) (aged 53)
Paris, Kingdom of France
Resting placePère Lachaise Cemetery
Political partyJacobin (1789–1794)
Montagnard (1792–1794)
Thermidorian (1794–1799)
Spouse
(m. 1794; div. 1802)
OccupationPolitician, journalist, representative on mission
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Jean-Lambert Tallien (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ lɑ̃bɛʁ taljɛ̃], 23 January 1767 – 16 November 1820) was a French politician of the revolutionary period. Though initially an active agent of the Reign of Terror, he eventually clashed with its leader, Maximilien Robespierre, and is best known as one of the key figures of the Thermidorian Reaction that led to the fall of Robespierre and the end of the Terror.[1]

  1. ^ Robert, Adolphe; Cougny, Gaston (1891). Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (in French). Vol. 5. Paris. pp. 361–362.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)