Pierre Roger Ducos | |
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| Provisional Consul of France | |
| In office 10 November 1799 – 12 December 1799 Serving with Napoléon Bonaparte andEmmanuel Joseph Sieyès | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Charles-François Lebrun (as Third Consul) |
| Member of theDirectory | |
| In office 18 June 1799 – 9 November 1799 | |
| Preceded by | Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 July 1747 |
| Died | 16 March 1816 (1816-03-17) (aged 68) |
Pierre Roger Ducos (25 July 1747 – 16 March 1816), better known asRoger Ducos, was a French political figure during theRevolution andFirst Empire, a member of theNational Convention, and of theDirectory.
Born inMontfort-en-Chalosse,Aquitaine (now inLandes department), he was elected deputy to the Convention by thedépartement of the Landes. He sat inThe Plain (the party which had no clear attitude, and served to sway the vote). He voted for the death ofKingLouis XVI, withoutappeal or delay, but was not prominent in the Convention afterwards.[1]
Ducos was a member of theCouncil of Five Hundred, over which he presided on the18th of Fructidor Coup (1797). At the end of his term, he became ajustice of the peace, but afterBarthélemy Catherine Joubert'scoup d'état (the30 Prairial of the year VIII, or 18 June 1799), he was named a member of the executive Directory, thanks to the influence ofPaul Barras, who counted on Ducos as his partisan.[1]
On 9 November 1799, Ducos accepted thecoup d'état ofNapoleon Bonaparte (the18 Brumaire), and was one of the threeProvisional Consuls (with Napoleon andEmmanuel-Joseph Sieyès), becoming vice-president of theSenate with the arrival of a stable Consulate formula. He was many times honored under theEmpire, but in 1814 he abandoned Napoleon, and voted for his deposition.[1]
He sought to gain the favor of the government of theRestoration, but in 1816 was exiled on the basis of the law regarding theregicides. He died in March 1816 nearUlm, from a carriage accident.[1]
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ducos, Pierre Roger".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 633.French Directory (2 November 1795 to 10 November 1799) | |||||||||||||||
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