République

la République (FR N-F) republic, political government other than monarchy in which the chief of state and representatives are elected by the citizens. France has experienced five republics, known by their numbers, from the First (1792 – 1799), immediately after the Revolution, the Second Republic (1848 – 1852), the Third Republic, (1875 – 1938), the Fourth Republic (1944 – 1958), and the present-day Fifth Republic. Each Republic was interrupted by another form of government: Napoleon's (1769 –…