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Presidency of the Republic — Office created by the Constitution of 1848
The Republic’s executive office; its first elected holder, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, converted it into an imperial throne by the coup of 1851. (Editorial synthesis)
The territory of the presidency of the Republic was the Second Republic (from 1848 to 1852). (source: Larousse)
2 holders of the presidency of the Republic are recorded: Napoleon III (from 1848 to 1852) and Patrice de MacMahon (from 24 May 1873 to 30 January 1879, his resignation).
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