Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Jean-Pierre-André Amar or Jean-Baptiste-André Amar (May 11, 1755 December 21, 1816) was a French political figure of the Revolution.Born in a rich family of cloth merchants in Grenoble, he became a lawyer for the local parlement in 1774. Ten years later, he purchased the title of Trésorier de France, which gave him a title in the French nobility, for 200,000 livres.In 1790, Amar was elected vice-president of the Grenoble directory, and became a deputy to the National Convention for the département of Isère, and joined The Mountain, voting in favor of King Louis XVI's execution during his trial.