Jean Baptiste Noël Bouchotte, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Baptiste Noël Bouchotte

French politician

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1754

Place of Birth: Metz, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 08-Jun-1840

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jean Baptiste Noël Bouchotte (25 December 1754 – 8 June 1840) was a minister in the French government.
He was born in Metz. At the outbreak of the Revolution he was a captain of cavalry, and his zeal led to his being made colonel and given the command at Cambrai.
When Dumouriez delivered up to the Austrians the minister of war, the marquis de Beurnonville, in April 1793, Bouchotte, who had bravely defended Cambrai, was called by the Convention to be minister of war, where he remained until 31 March 1794. The predominant rôle of the Committee of Public Safety during that period did not leave much scope for the new minister, yet he rendered some services in the organization of the republican armies, and chose his officers with insight, among them Kléber, Masséna, Moreau and Bonaparte. During the Thermidorian reaction, in spite of his incontestable honesty, he was accused by the anti-revolutionists.
He was tried by the tribunal of the Eure-et-Loir and acquitted.
Then he withdrew from politics, and lived in retirement until his death.