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[dragonwriter]

> Coup yes, military kind of ( based on his military successes, but it wasn't executed by troops), against a nominal democracy - not at all.

The Directory was a multimember executive of a nominal democracy, so, no, the upthread description was entirely accurate.

(The Directory wasn't itself directly elected, but then neither are a number of executives, individual or group, in democratic republics.)

[sofixa → dragonwriter]

As you said, the Directory wasn't elected and they had the executive power. The Directory itself was installed by a coup. They were in no shape or form a democracy.

That's not really comparable to a prime minister elected in a two-stage election like the UK.

[dragonwriter → sofixa]

> As you said, the Directory wasn't elected

I did not say that.

I said they weren't directly elected.

They were elected by the Council of Ancients (upper house of the national legislature, which was itself elected) from a list sent by the Council of 500 (lower house of the national legislature, also elected.)

> The Directory itself was installed by a coup.

No, it wasn't. After the Constitution of Year III was adopted, the two councils were elected under it and then the Directory elected by the councils.