Tribunat
Sign in to savethumb | right | alt=Painting of four men near and on a staircase. A man on the right shows some paper to the man on the left (Napoleon) who’s hand gesture indicates that he rejects this document | Napoleon’s visit to the Palais-Royal on 19 August 1807; the Palais-Royal was the seat of the Tribunat, a consultative assembly that was abolished in 1907. The man in the blue coat is Jean-Claude Fabre, known as Fabre de l’Aude, the president of the Tribunat. Napoleon, angered by his presence, leaves the palace while rejecting the redevelopment plans proposed by the two. (Painting by Merry-Joseph Blon
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thumb | right | alt=Painting of four men near and on a staircase. A man on the right shows some paper to the man on the left (Napoleon) who’s hand gesture indicates that he rejects this document | Napoleon’s visit to the Palais-Royal on 19 August 1807; the Palais-Royal was the seat of the Tribunat, a consultative assembly that was abolished in 1907. The man in the blue coat is Jean-Claude Fabre, known as Fabre de l’Aude, the president of the Tribunat. Napoleon, angered by his presence, leaves the palace while rejecting the redevelopment plans proposed by the two. (Painting by Merry-Joseph Blondel, 1934)
The '''' was one of the four assemblies set up in France by the Constitution of Year VIII (the other three were the Council of State, the and the ). It was set up officially on 1 January 1800 at the same time as the . Its first president was the historian Pierre Daunou, whose independent spirit led to his dismissal from the post by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802. The assumed some of the functions of the Council of Five Hundred, but its role consisted only of deliberating projected laws before their adoption by the , with the legislative initiative remaining with the Council of State.