Committee of Public Safety | Wikipedia audio article
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Committee of Public Safety


00:01:47 1 Origins and evolution
00:01:57 1.1 Committee of discussion
00:04:41 1.1.1 Execution of the Hébertists and Dantonists
00:05:49 1.2 Committee of rule
00:07:52 1.3 Fall of the Committee and aftermath
00:10:19 2 Composition
00:10:28 2.1 1st Committee (25 March – 6 April 1793)
00:10:42 2.2 2nd Committee (6 April – 10 July 1793)
00:10:57 2.3 3rd Committee (10 July – 5 September 1793)
00:11:20 2.4 4th Committee (5 September 1793 – 31 July 1794)
00:12:09 2.5 5th-6th Committees (1 September – 7 November 1794)
00:12:24 2.6 7th-8th Committees (7 November 1794 – 7 January 1795)
00:12:41 2.7 9th-10th Committees (7 January – 5 March 1795)
00:12:56 2.8 11th-12th Committees (5 March – 5 May 1795)
00:13:11 2.9 13th Committee (3 June – 27 October 1795)
00:13:26 3 Use of the term during the Algerian War
00:13:52 4 See also



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The Committee of Public Safety (French: Comité de salut public), created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror (1793–1794), a stage of the French Revolution. The Committee of Public Safety succeeded the previous Committee of General Defence (established in January 1793) and assumed its role of protecting the newly established republic against foreign attacks and internal rebellion. As a wartime measure, the Committee—composed at first of nine and later of twelve members—was given broad supervisory powers over military, judicial and legislative efforts. It was formed as an administrative body to supervise and expedite the work of the executive bodies of the Convention and of the government ministers appointed by the Convention. As the Committee tried to meet the dangers of a coalition of European nations and counter-revolutionary forces within the country, it became more and more powerful.
Following the defeat at the Convention of the Girondins in June 1793, a prominent Jacobin identified as a radical, Maximilien Robespierre, was added to the Committee. The power of the Committee peaked between August 1793 and July 1794. In December 1793, the Convention formally conferred executive power upon the Committee.
The execution of Robespierre in July 1794 represented a reactionary period against the Committee of Public Safety. This became known as the Thermidorian Reaction, as Robespierre's fall from power occurred during the month of Thermidor in the French Republican calendar. The Committee's influence diminished and it was abolished in 1795.