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 * Jean-Francois Rewbell **

__**Class**__: Third Estate __**Profession**__: Lawyer, Legislator, Directory Member __**Country**__: France __**Date of Birth**__: October 8, 1747 __**Overview**__: I took part in the Thermidorian Reaction movement which led to the fall of Maximilien Robespierre, and became a member of the reorganised Committee of Public Safety and of the Committee of General Security. In early 1795, I assisted Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes in negotiating the surrender of the Batavian Republic to the French Republic. My moderation caused my election by seventeen //département// to the Council of Five Hundred. Appointed a member of the Directory in November 1795, I became its president in 1796; I then entered the Council of Ancients. In office, I dealt with the Royalist attempted coup de etat (The 18 Fructidor), as well as the Conspiracy of Equals; I engineered the annexation of Rhenania and the southern Low Countries to the Republic, as well as the invasion of Switzerland (and the creation of the Helvetic Republic).

Chris Welch