Talk:Directorial system

Refactoring

The bulk of this article has been moved back to French Directory; the parts that were not relevant to that article are retained here. See Talk:French Directory for discussion of the refactoring. -- Jmabel | Talk 20:43, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

"s.a."

Does anyone know the meaning of "s.a.", much repeated in the article? - Jmabel | Talk 20:54, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Aha! [1] It's just "see above". Which confirms my conjecture as to where this information came from. -- Jmabel | Talk 21:02, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

• Ah non! There was no reason for conjecture, and yet you managed to "guess" it wrong: since I was the only one to have the common sense to mention a source, it was blatantly obvious that it had to be World Statesman. But yes, the information is identical to Rulers, because those two sites wisely coordinate their efforts and clearly state so.

And if you absolutely want to keep the French directoire on a separate page (a pitty, unless it ever gets to long to combine) while refusing to have it under the French word, then it's about time you find out about the use of the term on lower levels of the French republican state of that period and devote at least a section to that French use of the term. Fastifex 14:46, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

• • Feel free. But as you can see in the discussion (now moved, with the article, back to French Directory, I raised the question of the proposed move back, allowed quite a bit of time for comment, and received no objections; you certainly had a chance to pipe up. Whereas, as far as I can tell, you made your earlier move unilaterally, without prior discussion. -- Jmabel | Talk 06:59, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

World Map

The world map used in this article does not have a legend. The world maps for other systems of government have legends. Can the legend be copied to the world map? Robert McClenon (talk) 20:24, 4 August 2015 (UTC).

In addition, the countries colored in green (which presumably stands for the Directorial system), apart from Switzerland and San Marino, include South Africa and Botswana, which aren't mentioned in the article.

Other examples?

English Council of State

Was the English Council of State from 1648-1653 a directory? Robert McClenon (talk) 20:26, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

San Marino

In my opinion, saying Switzerland is the sole country to preserve this system is wrong. Not only has San Marino a head of state that fits the definition. Andorra is worthy mentioning to underline why it can't be included in the category. Lori 18:35, 07 November 2012 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.50.113.179 (talk)

I think Bosnia & Herzegovina should also be included as they have a three person presidency. -- sion8 ^{talk page} 05:52, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

Bosnia

Bosnia has 3 presidents which are the collective head of state, I think it deserves a mention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kanclerz K-Tech (talk • contribs) 18:16, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

I agree. -- sion8 ^{talk page} 08:07, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Roman Republic

Wouldn't the Roman Republic, having 2 consuls, fit the system? As for that, how about the dual monarchy of Sparta? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.91.231.16 (talk) 15:23, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

State Council (Staatsrat) of East Germany (German Democratic Republic)

Can the State Council of East Germany be considered as an historical example of directorial system? It was a council that acts as the country's head of state. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.82.174.21 (talk) 09:59, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

EU and NI

How about Northern Ireland Executive, European Commission, European Council? – Kaihsu (talk) 06:57, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

Pre-1789 United States

Confederation period America had no independent executive branch, as the Congress of the Confederation fulfilled both legislative and executive roles. However, the President of the Continental Congress might have had too little authority to be considered a prime minister by contemporary standards, so perhaps it could be categorized as a directorial system, with the Committee of the States acting as the executive.

I've also cross-posted this topic to the [republic talk page] for discussion.

Additionally, would the proposed New Jersey Plan also qualify as a directorial system? 98.17.115.94 (talk) 19:59, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria

Though its wiki page classifies it as a “Federated Semi-Direct Democracy”, it does not really address its government structure. The Federal Executive Council of AANES acts more of a collegial body in which it oversees the implementation of policies of the Federal Assembly of the Syrian Democratic Council. In other words, they practice what are essentially executive powers collegially. Its co-presidents, however, doesn't seem to have powers that put them above the councils they co-preside and co-represent. They therefore have a similar function to the Swiss federal president. I do suggest to add AANES to the list. Cjbaynas (talk) 08:09, 25 February 2024 (UTC)