While Minister of Public Works, this man constructed the last wall built around Paris, and he popularized the maxim "the king reigns but does not govern."  
This leader blamed his downfall on Alphonse de Rothschild, though that man had provided loans for this leader to pay a five billion franc indemnity ahead of schedule. While Minister of Public Works, this man constructed the last wall built around Paris, and he popularized the maxim "the king reigns but does not govern."  As Minister of Foreign Affairs, he almost caused a war with Britain in the Oriental Crisis of 1840, when he supported the Syrian campaign of Muhammad Ali. With Francois Mignet he founded the anti-Bourbon daily Le National, and this leading Orleanist was the chief rival of Francois Guizot in the July Monarchy. This man worked with Jules Favre to negotiate the Treaty of Frankfurt, and he sent Marshal MacMahon to restore order in the capital, resulting in the Bloody Week. For 10 points, name this man who put down the Paris Commune and was elected as first president of the French Third Republic.
This leader blamed his downfall on Alphonse de Rothschild, though that man had provided loans for this leader to pay a five billion franc indemnity ahead of schedule.
Adolphe {Thiers}