Jean-François Delacroix

Jean-François Delacroix ( Album du Centenaire )

Jean-François Delacroix (* 3. April 1753 in Pont-Audemer , Eure in the region of Normandy , † 5. April 1794 in Paris ) was a politician during the French Revolution .

Life

Jean-François Delacroix was born the son of a surgeon and joined the gendarmerie in 1771 . He later studied law and practiced as a lawyer in Anet.

Delacroix was elected syndic of the Eure-et-Loir department in 1790 , in April 1791 he was elected judge at the Court of Cassation and in September 1791 the Eure-et-Loir department elected him as a member of the legislature . In the Legislative National Assembly he was a member of the Military Committee. There he called for tough measures against the king, against the ministers of the Feuillants and against the Catholic Church . From August 20 to September 2, 1792, Delacroix served as President of the National Legislative Assembly.

In September 1792, the Eure-et-Loir department elected him to the national convention . Delacroix approached the Mountain Party , presided over the National Assembly from October 4 to 18, 1792, and at the end of November 1792 accompanied Danton to Belgium to check supplies for the Northern Army. Delacroix voted for the death of Louis XVI in January 1793 . In March 1793 he again accompanied Danton to Belgium. They could not fulfill their mission to keep General Dumouriez from overflowing. On April 6, 1793 Delacroix was elected to the Welfare Committee and charged with overseeing the War Department. He took an active part in the elimination of the Girondins (May 31, 1793 to June 2, 1793). However, on July 10, 1793, as a supporter of Dantons, he lost his seat on the welfare committee. From August 1793 until his recall in January 1794, Delacroix worked as a “representative in mission” in the departments of Eure-et-Loir and Seine-Inférieure. On March 30, 1794, Delacroix was arrested along with Danton, Desmoulins and other " indulgents " and charged with treason of the revolution. The Revolutionary Tribunal sentenced all defendants to death on April 4, 1794. Jean François Delacroix died under the guillotine in Paris on April 5, 1794 .

literature

• Bernd Jeschonnek: Revolution in France 1789–1799. A lexicon. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-05-000801-6 .