Jean-Pierre Duval, born February 20, 1754 in Rouen, died August 23, 1817 in Paris) was a politician of the French Revolution.
In September 1792, while serving as clerk of the central office of justices of the peace in Rouen, Duval was elected deputy for the department of Seine-Inférieure, to the National Convention.
[1] During the trial of Louis XVI, he voted for detention and perpetual banishment, and spoke in favour of the appeal to the people and a stay of execution.
[1] On 12 Pluviôse Year XIII (February 1, 1805) he was appointed prefect of the Basses-Alpes, stationed in Digne where he remained from 1805 to March 1815.
On Napoleon's return, at the beginning of March 1815, he did not organise any armed defense at Sisteron, which he considered impossible, but he hastened to accommodate both camps (Louis XVIII and the Emperor).