Commune member on the first Committee of Public Safety who later became a Radical-Socialist deputy
Born in 1843 at Lévignac-de-Guyenne in the Lot-et-Garonne, he was a solicitor's clerk and a member of the International Workingmen's Association. During the siege he became deputy mayor of the 13th arrondissement and helped found the Central Committee of the National Guard. Elected to the Commune for the 13th arrondissement on 26 March 1871, he sat on the justice and external relations commissions, voted for the Committee of Public Safety and was elected to it. He then became governor of the fort of Bicêtre, organised resistance in the 12th arrondissement during the Bloody Week and escaped to Belgium. Sentenced to death in absentia in February 1872, he taught in Glasgow and Edinburgh. He returned after the 1880 amnesty and was Radical-Socialist deputy for the Lot-et-Garonne from 1898 to 1902.
Also known as: Nicolas Melliet
Activities and affiliations
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1871
Paris Commune (1871)Commune member and member of the Committee of Public SafetyHeads of state and government of FranceMain
Government and administration -
1898–1902
France state institutionsDeputy for the Lot-et-Garonne
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International Workingmen's Association (First International)
Social movements and organizing
Career Timeline
- 1870–1871Deputy mayor of the 13th arrondissement of Paris
- 1871.03.26–05.28Member of the Paris Commune council (13th arrondissement)
- 1871.05.01–09Member of the Committee of Public Safety of the Paris Commune
- 1898–1902Radical-Socialist deputy for the Lot-et-Garonne