Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud | |
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9th President of the National Convention | |
In office 10 January 1793 – 24 January 1793 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Baptiste Treilhard |
Succeeded by | Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne |
Personal details | |
Born | Limoges, France | 31 May 1753
Died | 31 October 1793 Paris, France | (aged 40)
Cause of death | Execution by guillotine |
Political party | Girondist faction |
Education | Collège du Plessis |
Occupation | Lawyer |
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Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ viktyʁnjɛ̃ vɛʁɲo]; 31 May 1753 – 31 October 1793) was a French lawyer and statesman, a figure of the French Revolution. A deputy to the Assembly from Bordeaux, Vergniaud was an eloquent orator. He was a supporter of Jacques Pierre Brissot and the Girondist faction.[1]