"Robespierre" meaning in English

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          "text": "\"I am not, as you have seen, a Robespierre, and I don't even want to be thought of as a military dictator,\" said Col Gonatas, leader of the revolutionary movement, […]",
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          "text": "During communications blackouts when Allison, who was the Robespierre of the ship, forbade all outside contacts, Taggart lurched out onto the aft deck, […]",
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