Legislative assemblies of the French Directory

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The Legislative assemblies of the French Directory were the bicameral representative bodies that governed France during the Directory period (1795–1799), comprising the Council of Five Hundred and the Council of Ancients.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature
political institution
representative body
alsoKnownAs Legislative councils of the Directory
appliesToJurisdiction France
basedOn census suffrage
capital Paris
coexistsWith French Directory (executive)
linked to: French Directory
constitutionalStatus supreme legislative authority of the French Republic
country French First Republic
countryDuringExistence France
disestablishedInYear 1799
dissolvedFollowing Coup of 18 Brumaire
endTime 1799
establishedInYear 1795
followedBy Corps législatif
follows National Convention
governmentForm representative democracy
hasJurisdictionOver French colonial territories
metropolitan France
linked to: Metropolitan France
hasPart Council of Ancients
Council of Five Hundred
hasRole legislative power
hasVotingSystem indirect election
historicalEra Directory period
linked to: Directory
historicalPeriod French Revolution
inception Constitution of 1795
languageOfWorkOrName French
legalBasis Constitution of the Year III
legislativeBody Council of Ancients
Council of Five Hundred
legislatureOf French Directory
location Paris
meetsIn Tuileries area, Paris
linked to: Tuileries Garden
numberOfChambers 2
partOf French Directory
government of the French First Republic
relatedEvent Coup of 18 Fructidor
Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI
Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
replacedBy unicameral Corps législatif of the Consulate
replaces unicameral legislature of the National Convention
startTime 1795
typeOfGovernmentBranch legislative branch

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Corps législatif of France precededBy Legislative assemblies of the French Directory
Legislative assemblies of the French Directory alsoKnownAs Legislative councils of the Directory
linked to: Legislative assemblies of the French Directory