Background
Michel Mathieu Lecointe-Puyraveau was born on December 13, 1764 at Saint-Maixent (Deux-Sevres).
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Michel Mathieu Lecointe-Puyraveau
Michel Mathieu Lecointe-Puyraveau was a French politician.
Career
Deputy for his department to the Legislative Assembly in 1792, and to the Convention in the same year, he voted for " the death of the tyrant. " His association with the Girondins nearly involved him in their fall, in spite of his vigorous republicanism. He was secretary and then president of the Council of Five Hundred, and under the Consulate a member of the Tribunate. He took no part in public affairs under the Empire, but was lieutenant-general of police for south-east France during the Hundred Days. After Waterloo he took ship from Toulon, but the ship was driven back by a storm and he narrowly escaped massacre at Marseilles. After six weeks' imprisonment in the Chateau d'lf he returned to Paris, escaping, after the proscription of the regicides, to Brussels.
Achievements
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He took part in the revolution of Thermidor, but protested against the establishment of the Directory, and continually pressed for severer measures against the emigres, and even their relations who had remained in France.
Politics
His association with the Girondins nearly involved him in their fall, in spite of his vigorous republicanism.
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Born
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Died
January 15, 1827 (aged 62) -
Nationality
France -
Ethnicity
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Political Party
Republican
Official Titles
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president, lieutenant-general