Committee of General Security
The Committee of General Security was established as a committee of the National Convention in October 1792. It was designed to protect the Revolutionary Republic from its internal enemies. By 1794 the Committee became part of the opposition to Maximilien Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety, and was involved in the 9 Thermidor "coup d'état". On 4 November 1795, along with the end of the National Convention, the Committee of General Security dissolved.