MaleRobert Stanton Pierre, commonly known as Rob S. Pierre, was a Havenite citizen and politican. As first chairman of the Committee of Public Safety, he was one of the most prominent figures of the late People's Republic of Haven.
Physical appearance
Pierre[1] was of medium height, thin-faced and dark-haired, and touches of white at his temples marked him as a first- or second-generation prolong recipient. He had dark, intense and focused eyes. (HH5)
Family
Pierre's family had been Dolists for some generations. He was a successful politician under the Legislaturalists, and his immediate family had more oportunities. Pierre was the father of Edward Pierre, who made a career in the People's Navy. He was killed in action when a squadron of Havenite warships under his command left hyper immediately in front of a Manticoran dreadnought (HMS Bellerophon) on their way into hyperspace. (HH3)
Biography
At the dawn of the 20th Century PD, Pierre was a dolist manager, controlling the votes of millions of franchised dolists. Despite the power, wealth and high status he had achieved within the People's Republic, he saw that his society was doomed unless someone had the courage to implement the necessary reforms. The death of his son further strengthened his willingness to see the old regime gone. (HH3)
Rise to power
Together with the so-called Citizens' Rights Union and a security bureaucrat named Oscar Saint-Just, Pierre staged a coup that killed Hereditary President Harris and most of his government as well as his family; he managed to place the blame on members of the People's Navy and then used his role as Speaker to maneuver the People's Quorum to appoint him chairman of a newly instituted Committee of Public Safety. (HH3)
Once in power, Pierre found that governing the People's Republic was not easy: faced with a costly war with the Star Kingdom of Manticore, the resentment of a military that had been blamed for the coup and savagely purged, and a violent and unruly populace spurred by Cordelia Ransom's propaganda of blame and resentment, he was limited to some long-term fiscal and policy reforms. (HH4)
Death
Rob S. Pierre was killed with his entire security detail during Admiral Esther McQueen's attempted coup of 1915 PD. He was succeeded as Chairman of the Committee by Oscar Saint-Just after the latter managed to defeat the rebels by destroying the Octagon, several very large residential buildings, and several million of their inhabitants with an atomic bomb. (HH9)
Legacy
In the long run, Pierre's fiscal reforms proved to actually stabilize Haven's economy. (HH10)
References
- ↑ His name, character, and actions were liberally borrowed from a real person in French history, Maximilien Robespierre.
| Preceded by Hereditary President Sidney Harris |
Chairman of the Committee of Public Safety (People's Republic of Haven) |
Succeeded by Oscar Saint-Just |