Marguerite-Louis-François Duport-Dutertre
Marguerite-Louis-François Duport-Dutertre (born May 6, 1754 in Paris , † November 29, 1793 ibid) was a French Minister of Justice.
He was a lawyer at the time of the French Revolution. He was elected parishioner of Paris in 1789 and then deputy prosecutor. On the recommendation of La Fayette , he became Minister of Justice on November 21, 1790, replacing Jérôme Champion de Cicé . Together with Louis Le Bègue Duportail he was then one of the first two ministers for the Party of Patriots . He later switched to the newly founded Feuillants in the summer of 1791. When he was forced to hand over power to the Girondists on March 23, 1792 , in his case specifically to Jean Marie Roland , he returned to private life.
After August 10, 1792, he was charged with conspiracy against the constitution and general security of the state. He was arrested in August 1792 at the same time as Barnave, Bertrand, Lameth, Duportail and Tarbé and transferred to the Conciergerie . First tried before the National High Court in Orleans, he was returned to Paris and brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal . Despite Marat's positive opinion of him, he was sentenced to death on November 28, 1793 and guillotined at the same time as Barnave .
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| SURNAME | Duport-Dutertre, Marguerite-Louis-François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Minister of Justice |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1754 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1793 |
| Place of death | Paris |