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Committee of Public Safety — Executive organ of the Convention during the Terror (1793–1795)
Created in April 1793, the committee concentrated the executive of the Republic at war; dominated by Robespierre, it lost its predominance on 9 Thermidor. (Editorial synthesis)
2 holders of the Committee of Public Safety are recorded: Georges Danton (in 1793) and Maximilien de Robespierre (from 1793 to 1794, his fall).
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