Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne

French pastor & politician (1743-1793)

Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne (4 November 1743 – 5 December 1793) was a leader of the French Protestants and a moderate French revolutionary. He was President of the National Convention.

Jean-Paul Rabaut de Saint-Étienne
10th President of the National Convention
In office
24 January 1793 – 7 February 1793
Preceded byPierre Victurnien Vergniaud
Succeeded byJean-Jacques Bréard
Deputy to the Estates-General
for the Third Estate
Personal details
Born(1743-11-14)14 November 1743
Nîmes, Kingdom of France
Died5 December 1793(1793-12-05) (aged 50)
Paris, French First Republic
Cause of deathGuillotine
NationalityFrench
ParentsPaul Rabaut
Alma materUniversity of Lausanne