Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
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Louis-Eugène Cavaignac was a French general and politician who served as head of the executive power of France between June and December 1848, during the French Second Republic.
Portrait by François-Gabriel Lépaulle, 1848
Cavaignac and his military staff reviewing the troops on 3 September 1848
Cavaignac by Ary Scheffer
French Second Republic
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The French Second Republic, officially the French Republic, was the second republican government of France. It existed from 1848 until its dissolution in 1852.
The chamber of the National Assembly of the Second Republic, in 1848
Louis Napoléon Bonaparte taking the oath of office upon being elected president