Consuls of France

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The Consuls of France were the three executive leaders who jointly governed France during the Consulate period following the French Revolution, with Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Consuls of France canonical 2
Citoyen Consul 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf executive collegial body
governmental office
appliesToPeriod French Consulate
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Year VIII
constitutionalRevision Constitution of the Year X
Constitution of the Year XII
country France
deFactoSelectionMethod controlled by Napoleon Bonaparte
dissolutionReason proclamation of the First French Empire
endTime 1804-05-18
executivePowerConcentration First Consul of France
surface form: First Consul
firstHolderOfFirstConsulOffice Napoleon Bonaparte
governmentForm consular government
governmentType authoritarian republic
headOfGovernmentRole First Consul of France
historicalEra French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic era
jurisdiction French Republic
keyPolicyArea administrative reorganization of France
concordat with the Catholic Church
financial stabilization of France
legal codification leading to the Napoleonic Code
languageOfWork French
legislativeContext Constitution of the Year VIII
location Paris
memberRole Third Consul
surface form: Second Consul of France

Third Consul
surface form: Third Consul of France
notableFirstConsul Napoleon Bonaparte
notableSecondConsul Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès
notableThirdConsul Charles-François Lebrun
numberOfMembers 3
officeCreatedBy Coup of 18 Brumaire
oversawInstitution Council of State of France
surface form: Council of State (France)

Corps législatif
surface form: Legislative Body (Corps législatif)

Senate (Conservative Senate of the Consulate)
Tribunate
politicalSystem centralized administration
powerStructure nominally collegial but dominated by First Consul
precededByEvent Coup of 18 Brumaire
primaryResidence Tuileries Palace
relatedEvent Concordat of 1801
creation of the Banque de France
promulgation of the Civil Code of 1804
replaced French Directory
replacedBy Emperor of the French
roleInState executive branch of France
selectionMethod nominally elected
startTime 1799-11-10
successorOffice Emperor of the French

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French First Republic headOfState Consuls of France
Third Consul styleOfAddress Consuls of France
this entity surface form: Citoyen Consul
First Consul of France executiveBody Consuls of France