French Second Republic

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 Republic
République française
1848–1852
Motto: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem: Le Chant des Girondins
"The Song of Girondists"
The French Republic in 1848
The French Republic in 1848
CapitalParis
Common languagesFrench
Religion
Roman Catholicism (official)
Calvinism
Lutheranism
Judaism
GovernmentUnitary 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
LegislatureNational Assembly
History 
23 February 1848
27 April 1848
 Constitution adopted
4 November 1848
 Coup of 1851
2 December 1851
2 December 1852
CurrencyFrench Franc
ISO 3166 codeFR
Preceded by
Succeeded by
July Monarchy
Second French Empire
Today part of France

References

  1. Roger D. Price (2002). Napoleon III and the Second Empire. Routledge. pp. 1834–36. ISBN 9781134734689.




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