President of the Council of Five Hundred

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The President of the Council of Five Hundred was the presiding officer of the lower house of the French legislature during the Directory period of the French Revolution, overseeing debates and legislative procedures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office
political position
presiding officer
appliesToJurisdiction France
appointedBy Council of Five Hundred (faction)
surface form: Council of Five Hundred
associatedWithEvent Coup of 18 Fructidor
Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
French Revolutionary Wars
category French Revolutionary political offices
Speakers of legislatures
country French First Republic
dissolvedFollowing Coup of 18 Brumaire
domain legislative branch
endTime 1799
followedBy presiding officers of the Corps législatif
governmentForm Directory regime
governsBody sessions of the Council of Five Hundred
hasPart vice-presidents of the Council of Five Hundred
hierarchicalPosition head of the lower house
historicalPeriod French Revolution
historicalSubperiod Directory
inception Constitution of 1795 coming into force
jurisdiction French First Republic
legalBasis French Constitution of 1795
surface form: Constitution of the Year III
legislativeBody Council of Five Hundred (faction)
surface form: Council of Five Hundred
legislativeTerm French Directory
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Paris
officeHolderOf Council of Five Hundred (faction)
surface form: Council of Five Hundred
officeType legislative speaker
partOf Council of Five Hundred (faction)
surface form: Council of Five Hundred
positionHeldIn lower house of the French legislature
precededBy presiding officers of the National Convention
presidesOver Council of Five Hundred (faction)
surface form: Council of Five Hundred
responsibleFor directing voting procedures
ensuring observance of rules of procedure
granting the floor to speakers
maintaining order in the chamber
managing legislative procedures
overseeing debates
seat Salle du Manège
Tuileries Palace
selectionMethod election by members of the Council of Five Hundred
startTime 1795
supervises secretaries of the Council of Five Hundred
temporalContext late 18th century
typeOfPosition republican office
usedLanguage French

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Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès positionHeld President of the Council of Five Hundred
Lucien Bonaparte positionHeld President of the Council of Five Hundred