First Republic 359771 217779710 2008-06-07T17:13:08Z Mike Rosoft 75230 Changed description of Czechoslovak First Republic, for consistency Around the world there have been a number of '''First Republics''': *[[Austrian First Republic]] (1918-1934) – see [[History of Austria]] *[[French First Republic]] (1792-1804) *In Italy the term ''[[History_of_Italy_as_a_Republic#The_First_Republic_.281947-1992.29|First Republic]]'' is used informally to refer to the period from the formal proclamation of Italian Republic in 1948 up to 1991, when a series of [[Tangentopoli|scandals]] (mainly bribery) and [[Mani Pulite|investigations]] hit many politicians. *[[First Philippine Republic]] (1899-1901) *Polish First Republic - see [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]] (1569-1795) *[[First Republic of Czechoslovakia]] (1918-1938) *[[Portuguese First Republic]] (1910-1926) *[[First Spanish Republic]] (1873-1874) *[[Nigerian First Republic|First Republic of Nigeria]] (1963-1966) *[[First Republic of South Korea]] (1948-1960) *[[First Republic of Venezuela]] (1811-1812) Companies: *[[First Republic Bank]] of [[San Francisco, California]], bought by [[Merrill Lynch]] in 2007 *[[First RepublicBank Corporation]] of [[Dallas, Texas]], which folded in the [[Savings and Loan crisis]] of the late 1980s {{disambig}} [[cs:První republika (rozcestník)]] [[de:Erste Republik]] [[es:Primera República]] [[fr:Première République]] [[ko:제1공화국 (동음이의)]] [[ja:第一共和政]] [[pt:Primeira República]] [[sk:Prvá republika]] [[vi:Đệ nhất Cộng hòa]]