Directory

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French government executive council historical regime

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Directory (executive)	1
Directory period	1
Directory regime	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French government ⓘ executive council ⓘ historical regime ⓘ
cameToPowerAfter	fall of Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ
capital	Paris ⓘ
characterizedBy	corruption ⓘ economic difficulties ⓘ political instability ⓘ reliance on the army ⓘ
constitutionalSystem	Constitutional republic ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
endDate	1799-11-09 ⓘ
endDateInRepublicanCalendar	Year VIII ⓘ
establishedBy	French Constitution of 1795 ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Year III
fellFromPowerIn	Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
followedAfter	Reign of Terror ⓘ
foreignPolicy	expansionist wars in Europe ⓘ
governmentType	bourgeois republic ⓘ oligarchic executive ⓘ
historicalPeriod	French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ War of the First Coalition ⓘ War of the Second Coalition ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
legislativeBranch	Council of Ancients ⓘ Council of Five Hundred (faction) ⓘ surface form: Council of Five Hundred
notableEvent	Coup of 18 Fructidor ⓘ Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI ⓘ Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII ⓘ
notableLeader	Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès ⓘ François de Neufchâteau ⓘ Jean-François Reubell ⓘ Lazare Carnot ⓘ Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux ⓘ Paul Barras (initially) ⓘ surface form: Paul Barras Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai ⓘ Roger Ducos ⓘ Étienne-François Le Tourneur ⓘ
notableMilitaryCampaign	Napoleon's Egyptian campaign ⓘ surface form: Egyptian campaign of Napoleon Bonaparte Italian campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
numberOfDirectors	5 ⓘ
overthrownBy	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
partOf	French Revolution ⓘ
precededBy	Committee of Public Safety ⓘ Thermidorian Reaction ⓘ
replaced	National Convention ⓘ
startDate	1795-11-02 ⓘ
startDateInRepublicanCalendar	Year IV ⓘ
succeededBy	Consulate ⓘ
usedCalendar	French Republican Calendar ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Council of Ancients → appliesToPeriod → Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Directory period

French Constitution of 1795 → createdExecutiveBody → Directory ⓘ

Coup of 18 Brumaire → ended → Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Directory regime

French First Republic → executiveBody → Directory ⓘ

President of the Council of Five Hundred → historicalSubperiod → Directory ⓘ

French Revolution → legislativeBody → Directory ⓘ

Council of Ancients → oversightOf → Directory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Directory (executive)

French Constitution of 1795 → politicalRegimeEstablished → Directory ⓘ

Committee of Public Safety → replacedBy → Directory ⓘ