Milloin Louis Saint-Just polittinen ura alkoi?
From its beginning in 1789, the Revolution enthralled the young Saint-Just, who strove ambitiously to take a leading role. He became a commander in his local National Guard unit and, just after reaching the minimum legal age of 25 in August 1792, he won election as a deputy to the National Convention in Paris. Despite his lack of record or influence, Saint-Just boldly denounced King Louis XVI from the speaker's rostrum and spearheaded a successful movement to have him executed. His audacity brought him political recognition, and the lasting favor of Robespierre. Saint-Just joined him on the Committee of Public Safety and later served a term as President of the Convention. Along the way he was a primary draftsman of radical Jacobin legislation such as the Ventôse Decrees and the Constitution of 1793.
August 1792