Directory (collective)

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The Directory was the five-member executive government that ruled France during the later stages of the French Revolution, between the fall of Robespierre and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Directory (collective) canonical 1
Directory era 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French revolutionary government
executive government
appliesToPeriod French Revolution
capital Paris
conflict War of the First Coalition
War of the Second Coalition
constitutionalBasis French Constitution of 1795
surface form: Constitution of Year III
country France
currencyReform introduction of the franc germinal (preparatory measures)
dissolvedBy Coup of 18 Brumaire
domesticIssue Jacobins opposition
political corruption
royalist opposition
economicPolicy attempted stabilization after assignat inflation
endTime 1799-11-09
establishedAfter fall of Maximilien Robespierre
executiveBranch Directory (collective)
flag French tricolour
surface form: tricolour of France
followedBy Consulate
surface form: Consulate (Napoleon)
foreignPolicy expansion of French influence in Europe
governmentType oligarchic executive
headOfState collective directory
historicalEra The Age of Revolution
surface form: Age of Revolution

French Revolutionary Wars
ideology republicanism
keyFigure Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès
Jean-François Reubell
Lazare Carnot
Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux
Paul Barras (initially)
surface form: Paul Barras

Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai
Étienne-François Le Tourneur
legalSystem revolutionary French law (pre-Napoleonic)
legislature Council of Ancients
Council of Five Hundred (faction)
surface form: Council of Five Hundred
notableCampaign Napoleon's Egyptian campaign
surface form: Egyptian campaign of Napoleon

Italian campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte
surface form: Italian campaigns of Napoleon
notableEvent Coup of 18 Fructidor
Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI
surface form: Coup of 22 Floréal

Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
surface form: Coup of 30 Prairial
notableMilitaryLeader Napoleon Bonaparte
numberOfMembers 5
officialLanguage French
opposedIdeology monarchism
radical Jacobinism
precededBy National Convention
significantOutcome end of radical phase of French Revolution
paved way for rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
startTime 1795-11-02

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French First Republic headOfState Directory (collective)
Coup of 18 Fructidor timePeriod Directory (collective)
this entity surface form: Directory era