Conseil des Cinq-Cents

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French revolutionary institution historical legislative body lower house of legislature

The Conseil des Cinq-Cents was the lower house of the French legislature during the Directory period of the French Revolution, composed of 500 deputies responsible for proposing laws.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Council of Five Hundred	7
Conseil des Cinq-Cents (as upper chamber relative to it)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French revolutionary institution ⓘ historical legislative body ⓘ lower house of legislature ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	France NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorityOver	initiation of ordinary legislation ⓘ
composition	male deputies at least 30 years old ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the Year III of the French Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalRole	could not declare war or peace directly ⓘ could not directly control the executive Directory ⓘ
country	French First Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved	1799 ⓘ
dissolvedBy	Coup of 18 Brumaire NERFINISHED ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement	minimum age 30 ⓘ residence in France for at least 10 years ⓘ
EnglishName	Council of Five Hundred NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of Year III NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Corps législatif under the Consulate NERFINISHED ⓘ
FrenchName	Conseil des Cinq-Cents NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch ⓘ
hasUpperHouse	Conseil des Anciens NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfStateDuringExistence	Directory (five Directors) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	embodied moderate republican phase after the Terror ⓘ
inception	1795 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	French ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor	French First Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeFunction	proposed laws ⓘ
legislatureType	bicameral legislature lower house ⓘ
location	Paris ⓘ
meetingPlace	Orangerie of Saint-Cloud NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuileries Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	number of its deputies ⓘ
notableEvent	stormed during the Coup of 18 Brumaire ⓘ
numberOfMembers	500 ⓘ
partOf	French Directory NERFINISHED ⓘ French legislature under the Directory ⓘ
politicalSystem	Directory NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	National Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced	National Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Corps législatif NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	debated proposed laws ⓘ elected members of the Conseil des Anciens ⓘ initiated legislation ⓘ lower chamber of the legislature ⓘ
selectionMethod	indirect election ⓘ
termLength	3 years ⓘ
votingEligibilityForMembers	elected by electoral colleges ⓘ
votingSystem	property-based suffrage (censitary suffrage) ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Conseil des Anciens → hasLowerHouse → Conseil des Cinq-Cents ⓘ

Director (French Directory) → legislativeBody → Conseil des Cinq-Cents ⓘ

subject surface form: French Directory