Jacques-Bernard-Marie Montané (5 January 1751,

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–after 1805) was president of the

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from March to August in 1793, during the

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. He was president at the trial of

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. He was seen as insufficiently radical, and was replaced by

Martial Herman Martial Joseph Armand Herman (29 August 1759, Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise – 7 May 1795, Paris) (guillotined), was a lawyer and a chief judge during the Reign of Terror. His most famous cases were against Marie Antoinette and Georges Danton. As th ...

. He survived the

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*Landeux, Philippe ''Le tribunal révolutionnaire de Paris (1793-1795)'' (2017) Presidents of the French Revolutionary Tribunal Politicians from Toulouse 1751 births 19th-century deaths Year of death unknown {{France-bio-stub