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Roger Ducos
Pierre Roger Ducos (25 July 174716 March 1816), better known as Roger Ducos, was a French political figure during the Revolution and First Empire, a member of the National Convention, and of the Directory.
In the Revolution.
Born in Montfort-en-Chalosse, Aquitaine (now in Landes department), he was elected deputy to the Convention by the "département" of the Landes. He sat in "The Plain" (the party which had no clear attitude, and served
supported by his friend the vicomte de Barras, and he was appointed to the Directory in June 1799.
Moulin did not remain in office for very long. With his appointment – and the simultaneous elevation of Roger Ducos, a Council deputy supported by the Abbé Sieyès – the Directory assumed its final incarnation. Moulin, Ducos, Barras, Sieyès, and Louis-Jérôme Gohier led the Directory until its dissolution after the "coup d'état" of 18 Brumaire.
When the "coup d'état" occurred, the senior member