Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai (25 févr. 1798 – 26 mai 1798)
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Philippe-Antoine Merlin, known as Merlin de Douai, 30 October 1754 – 26 December 1838) was a French politician and lawyer.He was made Minister of Justice (30 October 1795) and later Minister of the General Police (2 January 1796) under the Directory, before moving back to the Justice Ministry (3 April 1796)[10] keeping tight surveillance of the Royalist émigrés. After the coup d'état known as 18 Fructidor, he became one of the five Directors on 5 September 1797. He was accused of the bankruptcy and various other failures of the government and was forced to retire into private life during the Coup of 30 Prairial VII on 18 June 1799.
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Date:
25 févr. 1798
26 mai 1798
~ 3 months