who was the leader of the Directory and what was their power?

Question

the Directory is French by the way.

And I just want one answer, the person, and his/her power. I do not want a long page writtten report. Just one answer. Thank you. lol

Answer 1

From 26th October 1775 you had five directors, Reubell, Barras, La Révellière Lépeaux, Carnot et Letourneur.
Every year one of the Director was supposed to be replaced.
From 4th september 1797 you have only three after a mini revolution : Reubell, Barras, La Révellière Lépeaux.

Barras became the de facto head of the Directoire though they were supposed to be equal.

When Napoleon took power they were again five :
Barras, Sieyès, Gohier, Ducos and Moulin.

Answer 2

The feeling of the nation showed clearly in the elections. Among those who had sat in the Convention the anti-Jacobins generally prevailed. Leaders of the old Right sometimes won the mandate of many départements at once. Owing to this circumstance, 104 places reserved to the new members of the Convention remained unfilled. When the persons elected met, they had no choice but to co-opt the 104 from the Left of the Convention. The new one-third appeared, as a rule, as enemies of the Jacobins, but not of the Revolution. Many had served as members of the Constituent or of the Legislative Assembly. When the new legislature was complete, the Jacobins had a majority, although a weak one.

After the selection of the Council of the Ancients by lot, it remained to name the directors. For its own security the Left resolved that all five must be old members of the Convention and regicides. The Ancients chose Rewbell, Barras, La Révellière Lépeaux, Carnot and Le Tourneur.

Rewbell was an able, although unscrupulous, man of action; Barras a dissolute and shameless adventurer; La Révellière Lépeaux the chief of a new sect, the Theophilanthropists, and therefore a bitter foe to other religions, especially the Roman Catholic. Severe integrity and memorable public services raised Carnot far above his colleagues, but he was not a statesman and was hampered by his past. Le Tourneur, a harmless insignificant person, admired and followed Carnot.

The division in the legislature was reproduced in the Directory. Rewbell, Barras and La Révellière Lépeaux had a full measure of the Jacobin spirit; Carnot and Le Tourneur favoured a more temperate policy

LIST OF DIRECTORS
2 November 1795 – 26 May 1797 Étienne-François Le Tourneur, dit Le Tourneur (de la Manche)
26 May 1797 Р5 September 1797 Fran̤ois Barth̩lemy
9 September 1797 Р19 May 1798 Fran̤ois de Neufchateau
20 May 1798 – 17 June 1799 Jean-Baptiste Treilhard
17 June 1799 Р10 November 1799 Louis-J̩r̫me Gohier
4 November 1795 – 5 September 1797 Lazare Carnot
8 September 1797 – 18 June 1799 Philippe-Antoine Merlin, dit Merlin de Douai
20 June 1799 Р10 November 1799 Jean-Fran̤ois-Auguste Moulin
2 November 1795 Р19 May 1799 Jean-Fran̤ois Rewbell
20 May 1799 Р10 November 1799 Emmanuel-Joseph Siey̬s
2 November 1795 Р18 June 1799 Louis-Marie de La Revelli̬re, dit (that is, also known as) La Revelli̬re-L̩peaux
19 June 1799 – 10 November 1799 Pierre-Roger Ducos, dit Roger-Ducos
2 November 1795 – 10 November 1799 Paul Barras

Answer 3

Jean Paul Marat. They ruled France during the revolution.

Answer 4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directoire