What is Georges Auguste Couthon?
[[File:François Bonneville - Portrait présumé de Georges Couthon (1755-1794), conventionnel - P16 - Musée Carnavalet.jpg|thumb|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 of french|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]]. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Couthon, Georges Auguste}} [[Category:1755 births]] [[Category:1795 deaths]] [[Category:Presidents of the National Convention]] [[Category:Politicians from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] [[Category:People from Puy-de-Dôme]]