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First Consulship — Office of First Consul of the Republic (1799–1804)
The supreme executive office created by the Constitution of Year VIII in the wake of Brumaire; Bonaparte, its only holder, converted it into an imperial throne. (Editorial synthesis)
Recorded holder of the First Consulship: Napoleon I (from 1799 to 1804, proclamation of the Empire).
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