List of representatives on mission


During the French Revolution, a représentant en mission was an extraordinary envoy of the Legislative Assembly. The term is most often assigned to deputies designated by the National Convention for maintaining law and order in the départements and armies. They had powers to oversee conscription into the army and to monitor both local military command and local compliance with Revolutionary agendas.
Such inspectors had existed in some form under the Ancien Régime, but the position was systematized during the Reign of Terror and the representatives were given absolute power. Some of them abused their powers and exercised a veritable dictatorship at a local level.

Alphabetical list of names

Alphabetical list of names A–B

NameDates and ActionsImage
Antoine Louis AlbitteDieppe, 30 December 1761 23 or 25 December 1812, Lithuania
died during retreat from Russia of fatigue and hunger.
:fr:Pierre-Jean Baptiste Aiuguis
Paul Barras30 June 1755 – 29 January 1829
Jean Bassal3 May 1802
Pierre-Louis Bentabole4 June 1756-22 April 1798
André Antoine Bernard19 October 1818, Funchal, Madeira. Also called Bernard de Saintes, Bernard de Xantes, André Antoine Bernard de Jeuzines, and Pioche-fer Bernard
:fr:Claud Blad
:fr:Jean-Baptiste Bô
Pierre Bourbotte5 June 1763, Vault-de-Lugny – 17 June 1795, Paris. Guillotined.
Leonard Bourdon6 November 1754, Alençon29 May 1807, Breslau
:fr:Henri Gaspard Charles Bouret
Jean François Boursault-Malherbe
Jacques Brival1751–1820