Eighteen years later, during the opening phases of the Second Republic, the title was created for a popularly elected head of state, the first of whom was Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, nephew of Emperor Napoleon.
18 vjet më vonë, gjatë fazes se hapjes se  Republikës te dyte, u krijua titulli per Kreun e zgjedhur te shtetit, i pari ishte Luis-Napoléon Bonaparti, nipi i Perandorit.