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Who did Benjamin Constant succeed as the leader of the Liberal Opposition during the Consulat?

  • Talleyrand

  • Napoleon

  • Joachim Murat

  • None, he was the first

Answer

Benjamin Constant was the inaugural leader of the Liberal Opposition during the Consulat; therefore, he did not succeed anyone in this position. The Liberal Opposition emerged as a political faction opposed to the authoritarian tendencies of Napoleon Bonaparte's regime during the early 19th century in France.
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