page_title: Étienne-François Letourneur
section_title: Republic and Empire
hierarchical_section_title: Étienne-François Letourneur / Republic and Empire
caption_attribution_description: Caricature of French politician Étienne-François Le Tourneur (1751-1817) leaving the Directoire. "Époque du 30 Floréal l'an 5 de la République Française." (19 April 1797). Library of Congress description: "Print shows on the left, a female figure representing the Republic of France drawing a slip of paper from an urn labeled "Directoire de la République Francaise" with Etienne-François-Louis-Honoré Le Tourneur's name on it; she turns and indicates that Le Tourneur must relinquish his position as one of the five leaders of the Directory, his cape and sword lie on the floor as he hastens to depart on the right; the remaining four leaders dance together in the center background."
context_page_description: Étienne-François-Louis-Honoré Letourneur, Le Tourneur, or Le Tourneur de la Manche was a French lawyer, soldier, and politician of the French Revolution.
context_section_description: Letourneur served the Republic's National Convention as an overseer of defense during the Siege of Toulon, and took the task of reorganizing the Mediterranean Fleet. He was elected to the French Directory's Council of Ancients, became one of the government leaders ("directors") on 2 November 1795. In April 1797 he left office, under the system whereby one director retired each year, chosen by lot (illustration). He then became a general of the French Revolutionary Army.
  Under the Consulate, Letourneur was designated by Napoleon Bonaparte préfet of the Loire-Inférieure département, then counsel for the Cour des Comptes. Nevertheless, Letourneur was exiled after the end of the French Empire, living the rest of his life in Brussels.
caption: Political caricature showing Letourneur leaving the French Directory (19 April 1797)
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