Charles Cochon Lapparent (24 January 1750 in Champdeniers-Saint-Denis – 17 July 1825 in Poitiers) was a French politician and Minister of Police.
He was born into a bourgeois family that was formerly Protestant, a religion they were required to recant. Lapparent was elected deputy of the Third Estate, and he held important functions in the National Convention, in the armies of the Republic and the committee of public health. On 9 Thermidor, he participated in the fall of Robespierre. During a meeting of the French Directory he was appointed minister of police. However, he was accused of being royalist and deported. During the time of the Consulate and the First French Empire, he held important posts, but in 1815 he was forced to leave France, being allowed to return to Poitiers after a year of exile.
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1750 births
1825 deaths
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Members of the National Constituent Assembly (France) People on the Committee of Public Safety Deputies to the French National Convention Représentants en mission Regicides of Louis XVI Members of Parliament for Deux-Sèvres Members of the Council of Ancients Members of the Sénat conservateur Senators of Deux-Sèvres Prefects of Vienne Prefects of Seine-Maritime French exiles Officers of the Legion of Honour