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Qui a été élu en 1848 premier président de la République française au suffrage universel masculin ?

Translation: Who was elected in 1848 as the first president of the French Republic by universal male suffrage?

  • ✕ Adolphe Thiers Your answer
  • B Jules Grévy
  • C Patrice de Mac Mahon
  • ✓ Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte

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Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte a été élu président de la IIe République en décembre 1848. En 1852, il est devenu l'empereur Napoléon III.

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte was elected president of the Second Republic in December 1848. In 1852 he became Emperor Napoleon III.

Source: Assemblée nationale, histoire de la IIe République ; Encyclopédie Larousse

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