Jean Debry

Jean-Antoine-Joseph Debry
Debry by Jean-Louis Laneuville, c. 1793
President of the National Convention
In office
21 March 1793 – 4 April 1793
Preceded byArmand Gensonné
Succeeded byJean-François-Bertrand Delmas
President of the Council of Five Hundred
In office
21 December 1796 – 19 January 1797
In office
20 May 1799 – 18 June 1799
Deputy in the National Legislative Assembly
In office
8 September 1791 – 20 September 1792
ConstituencyAisne
Deputy in the National Convention
In office
4 September 1792 – 26 October 1795
ConstituencyAisne
Deputy in the Council of Five Hundred
In office
15 October 1795 – 26 December 1799
ConstituencyAisne
Personal details
Born(1760-11-25)25 November 1760
Vervins, Kingdom of France
Died6 January 1834(1834-01-06) (aged 73)
Paris, Kingdom of France
Resting placePère Lachaise Cemetery
Political partyThe Plain
AwardsCommander of the Legion of Honour
Baron of the Empire[1]

Jean-Antoine-Joseph de Bry, also spelled Debry (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan ʒɔzɛf dəbʁi]; 25 November 1760 – 6 January 1834), was a French politician of the French Revolution. He served as President of the National Convention (21 March 1793 – 4 April 1793), and is famous for the slogan La patrie est en danger (The Fatherland is in danger) he proposed.[2]

  1. ^ Paris, Louis (1869). Dictionnaire des anoblissements (in French). Vol. 1. Paris: Bachelin-Deflorenne. p. 152.
  2. ^ "La Révolution Française : Les Girondins – " La patrie en danger "". diagnopsy.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2008.

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