Adolphe Thiers

Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers (1797–1877) is a French politician and historian.

He is a leading historian of the French Revolution, with a multivolume history that argues that the republicanism of the Revolution is the central theme of modern French history.

Thiers serves as a prime minister 1836, 1840 and 1848.

He is a vocal opponent of Emperor Napoleon III, who reigns1848-1871.

Following the overthrow of the Second Empire, he again comes to power and suppresses the revolutionary Paris Commune of 1871.

From 1871 to 1873, he serves initially as Head of State (effectively a provisional President of France), then provisional President.

He loses power in 1873 to Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta, who becomes full President of the Republic.

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