Jean-Pierre-André Amar

Jean -Baptiste André Amar ( born May 11, 1755 in Grenoble ( Isère ), † December 21, 1816 in Paris) was a French revolutionary.

Life

André Amar was born the son of a headman of the coin. After his father's death Amar bought the office of a lawyer at the Parlement of Grenoble and the post of Treasurer to the province of Dauphiné.

In September 1792 Amar was chosen by his home department of Isère in the National Convention. He pleaded to the mountain party, voted for the execution of Louis XVI. and advocated the use of a revolutionary tribunal. Amar fought in the summer of 1793, the opponents of the Jacobin dictatorship in the south of France and was included in the Safety Committee on 14 September 1793. On behalf of the Security Committee he had on October 3, 1793 all Girondin deputies who had participated in the Föderalistenrevolte, accuse. In addition, Amar was largely responsible for the pronounced in November 1793 banning all women's associations.

From April 5 to April 20, 1794 presided over Amar the National Convention. Create a rift between Amar and Robespierre came due to the formation of a police office in May 1794 which was the welfare committee and not directly subordinate to the Safety Committee. Furthermore rejected the convinced atheist Amar Robespierre's "Cult of the Supreme Being " as a substitute religion. The personal differences with Robespierre led to Amar's participation in the preparations for the coup of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794).

After the 9th Thermidor Amar affirmed the continuation of the " reign of terror ". He was one of the "left" Thermidorians to Barère, Billaud -Varenne and Collot d' Herbois who wanted to continue the Jacobin rule without Robespierre. After the failed Germinalaufstand (1 April 1795) Amar was imprisoned until the amnesty of 26 October 1795. Amar founded early 1796 only a short time existing "Committee Amar " and supported the " Conspiracy of Equals " by Babeuf. After Babeuf failure André Amar was one of the defendants in Vendôme (Spring 1797). He was acquitted and banished from Paris.

Amar operated no longer politically. He turned to mysticism, translated Swedenborg and died on 21 December 1816 in Paris.