Historian and statesman, Adolphe Thiers was the first president of the Third Republic (1871–1873). He negotiated the end of the Franco-Prussian War, crushed the Paris Commune, and helped stabilise the new republican order.
Historian and statesman, Adolphe Thiers was the first president of the Third Republic (1871–1873). He negotiated the end of the Franco-Prussian War, crushed the Paris Commune, and helped stabilise the new republican order.