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