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1848 after he was elected president for 5 years. But since the new republic only allowed for one five year term, louis napoleon took control over the government and had a plebiscite... 90% of the people supported his rule as emperor for a decade starting in 1853 and later 93% supported his rule as emperor for life. However, Napoleon III would end up reforming the gov't at the end of his reign into a constitutional republic as the people strongly disfavored his rule after the embarrassing Franco-Prussian war of 1970 and Napoleon III strongly valued the opinion of his subjects.

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