French Directory

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executive government historical regime

The French Directory was the five-member executive government that ruled France during the later stages of the French Revolution, marked by political instability and corruption before being replaced by Napoleon Bonaparte’s Consulate.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive government → historical regime →
associatedWithPerson	Napoleon Bonaparte →
cameToPowerAfter	fall of the National Convention →
conflict	War of the First Coalition → War of the Second Coalition →
constitutionalStatus	executive branch of the French First Republic →
country	France →
currency	French franc →
domesticPolicy	attempted financial stabilization → suppression of popular movements →
economicIssue	debt crisis → inflation →
endEvent	Coup of 18 Brumaire →
endTime	1799-11-09 →
endTimeInFrenchRepublicanCalendar	18 Brumaire Year VIII →
establishedBy	Constitution of Year III →
governmentType	oligarchic executive →
headquarters	Paris →
historicalPeriod	French Revolution →
historicalSignificance	transition between radical revolution and Napoleonic rule →
ideology	republicanism →
language	French →
leaderTitle	Director →
legislature	Council of Ancients → Council of Five Hundred →
notableEvent	Coup of 18 Fructidor → Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI → Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII →
notableFor	corruption → political instability → repression of radical Jacobins → repression of royalists →
notableLeader	Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès → Jean-François Reubell → Lazare Carnot → Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux → Paul Barras → Pierre-Roger Ducos → Étienne-François Le Tourneur →
numberOfMembers	5 →
opposedIdeology	Jacobin radicalism → royalism →
politicalCharacter	bourgeois republican regime →
precededBy	National Convention →
replacedBy	French Consulate →
startTime	1795-11-02 →
startTimeInFrenchRepublicanCalendar	Year III →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Council of Ancients → French Consulate ("French Revolutionary period") →	partOf
Coup of 18 Brumaire →	ended
Kingdom of Etruria ("French First Consulate") →	establishedBy
Thermidorian Reaction →	followedBy
Coup of 18 Brumaire →	involvedInstitution
Council of Ancients →	legislativeBodyFor
President of the Council of Five Hundred →	legislativeTerm
Treaty of Campo Formio →	negotiatedOnBehalfOf
Council of Five Hundred (faction) →	operatedInPeriod
Commission des Sciences et des Arts →	organizedBy
Coup of 18 Brumaire →	overthrew
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès ("Member of the French Directory") →	positionHeld
French Consulate →	precededBy
Coup of 18 Brumaire ("Directors of the French Directory") →	removedFromOffice