French Second Republic
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French Republic République française | |||||||||
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| 1848–1852 | |||||||||
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| Motto: | |||||||||
| Anthem: | |||||||||
 The French Republic in 1848 | |||||||||
| Capital | Paris | ||||||||
| Common languages | French | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism (official) Calvinism Lutheranism Judaism | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic (1848–1851) Unitary authoritarian presidential republic (1851–1852) | ||||||||
| President | |||||||||
• 1848–1852 | Prince Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte | ||||||||
| Vice President | |||||||||
• 1849–1852 | Henri Georges Boulay de la Meurthe | ||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1848 (first) | Jacques-Charles Dupont | ||||||||
• 1851 (last) | Léon Faucher | ||||||||
| Legislature | National Assembly | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• | 23 February 1848 | ||||||||
| 27 April 1848 | |||||||||
| 4 November 1848 | |||||||||
| 2 December 1851 | |||||||||
• | 2 December 1852 | ||||||||
| Currency | French Franc | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | FR | ||||||||
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| Today part of |  France | ||||||||
The French Second Republic was a short-lived republican government of France under President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte. It lasted from the 1848 Revolution to the 1851 coup by which the president made himself Emperor Napoleon III and started the Second Empire.[1]
French Second Republic Media
Le_Chant_des_Girondins_(The_Song_of_the_Girondists)_recording
The Variant of the French tricolor flag used by the Republic for a few days, between 24 February and 5 March 1848
The chamber of the National Assembly of the Second Republic, in 1848
Louis Napoléon Bonaparte taking the oath of office upon being elected president
References
- ↑ Roger D. Price. Napoleon III and the Second Empire (2002)Routledge. p. 1834–36. ISBN 9781134734689.
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