Georges Couthon

Georges Auguste Couthon () adalah seorang politikus dan pengacara Prancis yang dikenal karena bertugas sebagai deputi dalam Majelis Legislatif pada masa Revolusi Prancis. Couthon terpilih dalam Komite Keamanan Masyarakat pada 20 Mei 1793 dan menjabat sebagai rekan dekat Maximilien Robespierre dan Louis Antoine de Saint-Just sampai penangkapan dan eksekusinya pada 1794 pada periode Pemerintahan Teror. Couthon memainkan peran penting dalam pengembangan Hukum 22 Prairial, yang bertanggung jawab atas peningkatan tajam jumlah eksekusi terdakwa kontra-revolusi.

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