<P> The Directory or Directorate ( French : le Directoire ) was a five - member committee which governed France from 1795 , when it replaced the Committee of Public Safety . On 9 November 1799 , it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire and replaced by the French Consulate . It gave its name to the final four years of the French Revolution . </P>
<P> The Directory or Directorate ( French : le Directoire ) was a five - member committee which governed France from 1795 , when it replaced the Committee of Public Safety . On 9 November 1799 , it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire and replaced by the French Consulate . It gave its name to the final four years of the French Revolution . </P>
which type of government did the french established in 1795
which type of government did the french established in 1795
a five - member committee
a five - member committee