What is President of the directory?
The Directory was officially led by a [[president]], as stipulated by [[Article 141 of the Constitution of the Year III]]. An entirely ceremonial post, the first president was [[Jean-François Reubell|Rewbell]] who was chosen by lot on 2 November 1795. The Directors conducted their [[Election|elections]] # '''[[Paul Barras]]''' 2 November 1795– 9 November 1799 # '''[[Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux|Louis-Marie]]''' '''[[Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux|de la Révellière]]''' 2 November 1795– 18 June 1799 # '''[[Roger Ducos]]''' 18 June – 9 November 1799 # '''[[Jean-François Reubell|Jean-François Rewbell]]''' 2 November 1795– 16 May 1799 # '''[[Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès]]''' 16 May – 9 November 1799 # '''[[Lazare Carnot]]''' 2 November 1795– 4 September 1797 # '''[[Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai|Philippe Antoine Merlin]]''' 4 September 1797– 18 June 1799 # '''[[Jean-François Moulin]]''' 18 June – 10 November 1799 # '''[[Étienne-François Le Tourneur|Étienne-François Letourneur]]''' 2 November 1795– 20 May 1797 # '''[[François Barthélemy]]''' 20 May – 4 September 1797 # '''[[François de Neufchâteau]]''' 4 September 1797– 15 May 1798 # '''[[Jean-Baptiste Treilhard]]''' 15 May 1798 – 17 June 1799 # '''[[Louis-Jérôme Gohier]]''' 17 June – 10 November 1799. After the [[Coup of 18 Brumaire]] (9 November 1799), Barras, Ducos, and Sieyès resigned. Moulin and Gohier, refusing to resign, were arrested by General Moreau. [[Category:French politicians]]