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 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 .

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