<P> The Committee of Public Safety (French: Comité de salut public)--created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793--formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror (1793--94), a stage of the French Revolution . The Committee of Public Safety succeeded the previous Committee of General Defence (established in January 1793) and assumed its role of protecting the newly established republic against foreign attacks and internal rebellion . As a wartime measure, the Committee--composed at first of nine, and later of twelve, members--was given broad supervisory powers over military, judicial, and legislative efforts . It was formed as an administrative body to supervise and expedite the work of the executive bodies of the Convention and of the government ministers appointed by the Convention . As the Committee tried to meet the dangers of a coalition of European nations and counter-revolutionary forces within the country, it became more and more powerful . </P> <P> In July 1793, following the defeat at the Convention of the Girondins, the prominent leader of the radical Jacobin, Maximilien Robespierre, was added to the Committee . The power of the Committee peaked between August 1793 and July 1794 . In December 1793, the Convention formally conferred executive power upon the Committee . </P>

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