Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (born 1727)

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

French economist and statesman (1727–1781)

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne, commonly known as Turgot, was a French economist and statesman. Sometimes considered a physiocrat, he is today best remembered as an early advocate for economic liberalism. He is thought to have been the first political economist to…

List of finance ministers of France

This is a list of ministers of finance of France, including the equivalent positions of Superintendent of Finances and Controller-General of Finances during the Ancien Régime. The position of Superintendent of Finances was abolished following the arrest of Nicolas Fouquet; his…