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Louis-Joseph Charlier | |
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| 28th President of the National Convention | |
| In office 3 October 1793 – 22 October 1793 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre-Joseph Cambon |
| Succeeded by | Moyse Bayle |
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| Born | 24 September 1754 Châlons-sur-Marne, France |
| Died | 23 February 1797 (aged 42) Paris, France |
| Cause of death | Suicide by firearm |
| Citizenship | French |
| Political party | The Mountain |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Louis-Joseph Charlier (24 September 1754 – 23 February 1797) was a French statesman during the French Revolution, an early supporter of the Montagnard faction of the National Convention, but ultimately one of many turncoats to betray the régime of the French Terror. He served as president of the National Convention for one two-week term in October 1793.
In 1793, Charlier introduced the first law making primary education obligatory in France.[1] A defender of women's rights, he opposed the ban on women's societies imposed in the same year during the Terror.[2]
- ^ Prost, Antoine; Bréham, Noëlle (5 September 2017). "Pourquoi l'école est obligatoire jusqu'à 16 ans (et pourquoi pas moins) ?". Radio France (in French). Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ Jarvis, Katie (2019). Politics in the Marketplace: Work, Gender, and Citizenship in Revolutionary France. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 161.