Georges Auguste Couthon

Georges Couthon

Georges Auguste Couthon (22 December 1755 – 28 July 1794) was a French politician and lawyer known for his service as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly during the French Revolution. Couthon was elected to the Committee of Public Safety on 30 May 1793. Along with his close associates, Maximilien de Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, he formed an unofficial triumvirate within the committee. They wielded power until their arrest and execution in 1794 during the period of the Reign of Terror.