Pedro Rodríguez, Spanish statesman and economist (born 1723)

Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes

Spanish statesman, economist, and writer

Pedro Rodríguez de Campomanes y Pérez Sorriba, 1st Count of Campomanes, was a Spanish statesman, economist, and writer who was Minister of the Treasury in 1760. He was an adherent of the position that the state held supremacy over the Catholic Church in Spain, often called…