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The French people proclaimed France 's First Republic on 21 September 1792 as a result of the French Revolution and of the abolition of the French Monarchy . This presaged a new era of republican government(s) in Europe.

Republican government officially lasted until the establishment of the First French Empire in 1804 . Its rulers included Napoleon Bonaparte , who served as First Consul from 1799 to 1804 , when he ended the republic by declaring himself Emperor Napoleon I .

Constitutionally, the republic subdivides into government by:

However, major events and phases such as the Reign Of Terror and 18 Brumaire , and important groupings like the Committee Of Public Safety and the Levée En Masse often tend to overshadow the official history and the official bodies.

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See also the Timeline Of The French Revolution