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
Flag Great Seal
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
• French Revolution	23 February 1848
• Abolition of slavery	27 April 1848
• Constitution adopted	4 November 1848
• Coup of 1851	2 December 1851
• Empire reestablished	2 December 1852
Currency	French Franc
ISO 3166 code	FR
Preceded by Succeeded by July Monarchy Second French Empire
Today part of	France