Jean-Henri Voulland

Jean-Henri Voulland (11 October 1751,

Uzès Uzès (; ) is a commune in the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. In 2017, it had a population of 8,454. Uzès lies about north-northeast of Nîmes, west of Avignon and south-east of Alès. History Originally ''Uc ...

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) was a politician of the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are conside ...

. Originating from a Protestant family, he originally studied law. One of his offices was as deputy for

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, to which role he was elected on 5 September 1792. In September 1793 he was elected as a member of the

Committee of General Security The Committee of General Security () was a parliamentary committee of the French National Convention which acted as police agency during the French Revolution. Along with the Committee of Public Safety it oversaw the Reign of Terror. The Committe ...

. He became part of the opposition to

Robespierre Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and statesman who became one of the best-known, influential and controversial figures of the French Revolution. As a member of the Esta ...

and the

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and played an important role in the overthrow of Robespierre on

9 Thermidor The Coup d'état of 9 Thermidor or the Fall of Maximilien Robespierre refers to the series of events beginning with Maximilien Robespierre's address to the National Convention on 8 Thermidor Year II (26 July 1794), his arrest the next day, and ...

(27 July 1794). {{DEFAULTSORT:Voulland, Jean-Henri 1751 births 1801 deaths People from Uzès French Calvinist and Reformed Christians Feuillants Montagnards Members of the National Constituent Assembly (France) Deputies to the French National Convention Regicides of Louis XVI Politicians from Occitania (administrative region) Représentants en mission Presidents of the National Convention