Directory regime

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The Directory regime was the five-member executive government that ruled France from 1795 to 1799, marked by political instability, corruption, and ongoing wars until it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte.

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instanceOf French government
executive government
historical regime
capital Paris
conflict War of the First Coalition
War of the Second Coalition
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Year III
country France
currency French franc
domesticPolicyIssue counter-revolutionary unrest
economic crisis
food shortages
endEvent Coup of 18 Brumaire
endTime 1799
foreignPolicyGoal expansion of French influence in Europe
hasCharacteristic corruption
frequent coups and plots
inflation
political instability
reliance on the army
headOfState French Directory
historicalPeriod French Revolution
ideology republicanism
language French
legislativeBody Council of Ancients
Council of Five Hundred
notableEvent Coup of 18 Fructidor (1797)
Coup of 22 Floréal (1798)
Coup of 30 Prairial (1799)
notableLeader François de Neufchâteau
Jean-François Reubell
Lazare Carnot
Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux
Paul Barras
Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai
Étienne-François Le Tourneur
numberOfDirectors 5
overthrownBy Napoleon Bonaparte
politicalOpposition Jacobins
linked to: Jacobin Club

royalists
precededBy Thermidorian Reaction
replacedBy Consulate
replaces National Convention
Reign of Terror
startEvent adoption of the Constitution of Year III
startTime 1795
timeInFrenchRevolution late phase of the French Revolution

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