What is Philippe Rühl?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Philippe Rühl | image = AduC 150 Ruhl (P.J., 1737-1795).JPG | caption = | office = 37th [[List of Presidents of the National Convention|President of the National Convention]] | term_start = 6 March 1794 | term_end = 21 March 1794 | predecessor = [[Louis Antoine de Saint-Just]] | successor = [[Jean-Lambert Tallien]] | term2 = 20 September 1792 (provisional) | predecessor2 = ''Office established'' | successor2 = [[Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve]] | office3 = Member of the [[French National Convention|National Convention]] | constituency3 = [[Bas-Rhin]] | term_start3 = 21 September 1792 | term_end3 = 26 October 1795 | birth_date = {{birth date|1737|5|3|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Strasbourg]], [[Kingdom of France]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1795|5|29|1737|5|3|df=y}} | death_place = Strasbourg, [[First French Republic]] | death_cause = [[Suicide]] | party = [[The Mountain]] | signature = Philippe Rühl signature.png }} '''Philippe Jacques Rühl''' (3 May 1737 – 29/30 May 1795) was a [[Germany|German]]-[[France|French]] [[statesman]] during the [[French Revolution]]. He was the ''doyen d'âge'' (oldest deputy) of the opening ceremony of the Convention of 1792–1795. He was the son of a Lutheran minister. He committed [[suicide]] by stabbing himself with a [[dagger]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruhl, Philippe}} [[Category:Presidents of the National Convention]] [[Category:1737 births]] [[Category:1795 deaths]] [[Category:Suicides in France]] [[Category:German politicians]] [[Category:Politicians from Grand Est]] [[Category:People from Strasbourg]] {{bio-stub}}