President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faustin_Soulouque" id="mwjA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Faustin Soulouque">Faustin Soulouque</a> of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Haiti_(1822–1844)" id="mwjQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of Haiti (1822–1844)">First Republic of Haiti</a> has the Senate and Chamber of Deputies proclaim him the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Haiti" id="mwjg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of monarchs of Haiti">Emperor of Haiti</a>, abolishing the Republic and inaugurating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Empire_of_Haiti" id="mwjw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Empire of Haiti">Second Empire of Haiti</a>.<sup about="#mwt32" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"}}' id="cite_ref-5" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_26#cite_note-5" id="mwkA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwkQ">[5]</span></a></sup>
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