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Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve

1756 - 1794

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Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁom petjɔ̃ də vilnœv]; 3 January 1756 – 18 June 1794) was a French writer and politician who served as the second mayor of Paris, from 1791 to 1792, and the first regular president of the National Convention in 1792. During the French Revolution, he was associated with the moderate Girondins, and voted against the immediate execution of Louis XVI at the king's trial in January 1793, though he supported a suspended sentence. This led to Pétion's proscription by the Convention alongside other Girondin deputies following the radical insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793, and ultimately his suicide together with fellow-Girondin François Buzot while evading arrest during the Terror. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve is the 10,110th most popular politician (up from 12,990th in 2019), the 2,916th most popular biography from France (up from 3,926th in 2019) and the 680th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve ranks 10,110 out of 19,576. Before him are Károly Khuen-Héderváry, Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Juan Ponce Enrile, Roque Sáenz Peña, Khabash, and Antonina. After him are Anaxilas, Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Karen Demirchyan, Uroš I, Grand Prince of Serbia, Rajnath Singh, and Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1756, Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve ranks 24. Before him are James Gillray, Ernst Chladni, Federico Gravina, Thomas Rowlandson, Paul Wranitzky, and John Loudon McAdam. After him are Karl Philipp Moritz, Heinrich von Bellegarde, Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc, Jean-Antoine Chaptal, Christian Frederik Hansen, and John Trumbull. Among people deceased in 1794, Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve ranks 45. Before him are Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Anacharsis Cloots, Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne, Lotf Ali Khan, Jacques François Dugommier, and Félix Vicq-d'Azyr. After him are Nicolas Luckner, François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, François Hanriot, François Joseph Westermann, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, and Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve ranks 2,916 out of 6,770. Before him are Jules Favre (1809), Eugène Burnouf (1801), Marc Seguin (1786), Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (1809), Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797), and Jean Carmet (1920). After him are Maryan Wisniewski (1937), Michel Corrette (1707), Ariane Mnouchkine (1939), Édouard André (1840), Benjamin Godard (1849), and Christophe Galtier (1966).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve ranks 680. Before him are John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen (1638), Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine (1448), Patrick Strzoda (1952), Jean Castex (1965), Valérie Trierweiler (1965), and Jules Favre (1809). After him are Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac (1778), Fulk II, Count of Anjou (920), Édouard Philippe (1970), Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon (1720), Armand Louis de Gontaut (1747), and Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles (1767).

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