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 MinisterJules Dufaure
Preceded byNapoleon III (as emperor)
Succeeded byPatrice de MacMahon
Prime Minister of France
In office
1 March 1840 – 29 October 1840
MonarchLouis Philippe I
Preceded byNicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie
Succeeded byNicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie
In office
22 February 1836 – 6 September 1836
MonarchLouis Philippe I
Preceded byAchille Léonce Victor Charles, Duc de Broglie
Succeeded byLouis, Comte Molé
Foreign Minister of France
In office
1 March 1840 – 29 October 1840
MonarchLouis Philippe I
Preceded byNicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie
Succeeded byFrançois Guizot
In office
22 February 1836 – 6 September 1836
MonarchLouis Philippe I
Preceded byAchille Léonce Victor Charles, Duc de Broglie
Succeeded byLouis, Comte Molé
Personal details
Born
Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers

(1797-04-15)15 April 1797
Bouc-Bel-Air, France
Died3 September 1877(1877-09-03) (aged 80)
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Cause of deathStroke
Political partyParty 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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