Historical Figures

Rewbell or Reubell Jean-François (1747 -1807)

Lawyer, he was elected deputy to the States General, he will chair the Constituent Assembly. Elected to the Convention, he is a representative on mission in Mainz. He was president of the Five Hundred at the time of the Directory and, having become director, he organized with Barras the anti-royalist coup d'etat of 18 Fructidor. In June 1799, Sieyès replaced him in the Directory. 18 Brumaire put an end to his career.