le grouvemement consulaire : after the révolution of

the 18th Brumaire (November 9, 1799), by which Bonaparte abolished the Directory, a provisional consular government was established, consisting of Bonaparte, Sieyès, and Roger Ducos. The new constitution, proclaimed on December 15, gave the executive power to three consuls appointed for ten years (Bonaparte, Cambacérès, and Lebrun) ; but in 1802 the senate declared Bonaparte First Consul for life, and less than two years later proclaimed him emperor.