Louis Adolphe Thiers (Marseille, April 16, 1797-September 3 1877) was a French politician and historian. Thiers was a prime minister under King Louis-Philippe of France. Following the overthrow of the Second Empire he again came to prominence as the French leader who suppressed the revolutionary Paris Commune of 1871. From 1871 to 1873 he served initially as "Head of State" (effectively a provisional President of France), then provisional President. Wikipedia
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... met in Bordeaux and gave to Thiers the title of chef du pouvoir excutif de la Rpublique en attendant qu'il soit statu sur les institutions de la France ('head of the executive power ... www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/fr_third.html
