Charles Cochon Lapparent (24 January 1750 in Champdeniers-Saint-Denis – 17 July 1825 in Poitiers) was a French politician and Minister of Police. He was born into a bourgeois family that was formerly

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, a religion they were required to recant. Lapparent was elected deputy of the

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, and he held important functions in the National Convention, in the armies of the Republic and the committee of public health. On 9

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, he participated in the fall of Robespierre. During a meeting of the French Directory he was appointed minister of police. However, he was accused of being royalist and deported. During the time of the

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and the

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, he held important posts, but in 1815 he was forced to leave

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, being allowed to return to Poitiers after a year of exile.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cochon de Lapparent, Charles 1750 births 1825 deaths People from Deux-Sèvres Deputies to the French National Convention Représentants en mission