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Election to Directory

France · Revolution / Revolution of France. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1795–1799Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1795

Paul Francois BarrasNovember 1795

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Barras was elected one of the five members of the new Executive Directory under the Constitution of Year III.

Lazare Nicholas Marguerite CarnotNovember 1795

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Carnot joined the five-member Executive Directory and took responsibility for major military affairs.

Louis Marie La Revelliere-LepeauxNovember 1795

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

La Revelliere-Lepeaux was elected to the Executive Directory with an overwhelming vote in the Council of Ancients.

1799

Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes16 May 1799

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Sieyes returned from Berlin after being chosen to replace Rewbell as a member of the Executive Directory.

Names involved

Emmanuel Joseph SieyesLazare Nicholas Marguerite CarnotLouis Marie La Revelliere-LepeauxPaul Francois Barras

Provenance

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