Adolphe Thiers
President of the French Republic
Why Is Adolphe Thiers Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers was a French statesman and historian. He was the second elected President of France and first President of the French Third Republic. Thiers was a key figure in the July Revolution of 1830, which overthrew King Charles X in favor of the more liberal King Louis Philippe, and the French Revolution of 1848, which overthrew the Orléans monarchy and established the Second French Republic. He served as a prime minister in 1836 and 1840, dedicated the Arc de Triomphe, and arranged the return to France of the remains of Napoleon from Saint-Helena. He was first a supporter, then a vocal opponent of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte . When Napoleon III seized power, Thiers was arrested and briefly expelled from France. He then returned and became an opponent of the government.
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