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Vicomte de Barras
Paul François Jean Nicolas
Colored engraving by Pierre Alexandre Tardieu after a drawing by Hilaire Ledru, 1798
President of the Directory
In office 26 November 1798 – 26 May 1799
Preceded by
Jean-François Reubell
Succeeded by
Philippe-Antoine Merlin
In office 4 December 1797 – 25 February 1798
Preceded by
Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux
Succeeded by
Philippe-Antoine Merlin
Member of the Directory
In office 2 November 1795 – 10 November 1799
Preceded by
Office created (preceded by the President of the Committee of Public Safety De Cambacérès)
Succeeded by
Office abolished (succeeded by the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte)
President of the National Convention
In office 4 February 1795 – 19 February 1795
Preceded by
Stanislas Joseph François Xavier Rovère
Succeeded by
François Louis Bourdon
Member of the National Convention
In office 20 September 1792 – 10 November 1795
Constituency
Var
Director of the Directory
In office 2 November 1795 – 9 November 1799
Serving with Louis-Marie de la Révellière, Roger Ducos, Jean-François Rewbell, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Lazare Carnot, Phillipe Antoine Merlin, Jean-François Moulin, Étienne-François Letourneur, François Barthélemy, François de Neufchâteau, Jean Baptiste Treilhard and Louis-Jérôme Gohier
Personal details
Born
Paul François Jean Nicolas
(1755-06-30)30 June 1755 Fox-Amphoux, France
Died
29 January 1829(1829-01-29) (aged 73) Chaillot (present-day Paris), France
Resting place
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Political party
The Mountain (1792–1794) Thermidorian (1794–1799)
Spouse
Unknown wife (left)
Domestic partner(s)
Sophie Arnould, Thérésa Tallien, Joséphine de Beauharnais
Profession
Military officer
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
Kingdom of France
Branch/service
Royal Army
Years of service
1771–1783
Rank
Captain
Unit
Régiment Royal Roussillon
Battles/wars
Anglo-French War (1778–83)
Siege of Pondicherry
Paul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de Barras (French:[bara:s]; 30 June 1755 – 29 January 1829), commonly known as Paul Barras, was a French politician of the French Revolution, and the main executive leader of the Directory regime of 1795–1799.
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