Adolphe Thiers
President of the French Republic (1797–1877)
Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers (/tiˈɛər/ tee-AIR, French: [maʁi ʒozɛf lwi adɔlf tjɛʁ]; 15 April 1797 – 3 September 1877) was a French politician and historian. He was the second elected President of France, and the first President of the French Third Republic.
Adolphe Thiers | |
|---|---|
 Adolphe Thiers (1872) | |
| President of France | |
| In office 31 August 1871 – 24 May 1873 | |
| Prime Minister | Jules Dufaure |
| Preceded by | Napoleon III (as emperor) |
| Succeeded by | Patrice de MacMahon |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 1 March 1840 – 29 October 1840 | |
| Monarch | Louis Philippe I |
| Preceded by | Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie |
| Succeeded by | Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie |
| In office 22 February 1836 – 6 September 1836 | |
| Monarch | Louis Philippe I |
| Preceded by | Achille Léonce Victor Charles, Duc de Broglie |
| Succeeded by | Louis, Comte Molé |
| Foreign Minister of France | |
| In office 1 March 1840 – 29 October 1840 | |
| Monarch | Louis Philippe I |
| Preceded by | Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie |
| Succeeded by | François Guizot |
| In office 22 February 1836 – 6 September 1836 | |
| Monarch | Louis Philippe I |
| Preceded by | Achille Léonce Victor Charles, Duc de Broglie |
| Succeeded by | Louis, Comte Molé |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers 15 April 1797 Bouc-Bel-Air, France |
| Died | 3 September 1877 (aged 80) Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Political party | Party of Resistance (1831–1836) Party of Movement (1836–1848) Party of Order (1848–1852) Third Party (1852–1870) Independent (1870–1873) Moderate Republican (1873–1877) |
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Other websites
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- Page on history of French flags with brief outline of formation of the Third Republic
- "The Reds' Last Stand" – about the Paris Commune on metropoleparis.com
- Timeline of The Civil War in France (including the Paris Commune)
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