government of France between 1848-1852 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |||||||||
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| 1848–1852 | |||||||||
| Motto: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" | |||||||||
| Anthem: Le Chant des Girondins "The Song of Girondists" | |||||||||
 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 | |||||||||
• Constitution adopted | 4 November 1848 | ||||||||
• Coup of 1851 | 2 December 1851 | ||||||||
| 2 December 1852 | |||||||||
| Currency | French Franc | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | FR | ||||||||
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| Today part of |  France | ||||||||
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