Philippe-François-Joseph Le Bas

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Philippe-François-Joseph Le Bas (4 November 1764 – 28 July 1794) was a French politician and revolutionary who was close to Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just. As a member of the National Convention during the French Revolution, he aligned with the Montagnards and voted to convict and execute the former king, Louis XVI, for high treason. He was elected to the powerful Committee of General Security during the Reign of Terror and saw it use the Law of Suspects to prosecute enemies of the Republic. Le Bas also served as a représentant en mission—a civilian deputy endowed with extraordinary powers—to reorganize the armies of the North and the Rhine during the French Revolutionary Wars. After distinguishing himself in his missions, he was appointed to lead the newly-formed École de Mars, a military school for teenage boys. In 1793, he married Élisabeth Duplay, and, the following year, they had a son also named Philippe. Le Bas's loyalty to Robespierre led to his downfall...

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