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Joseph Marie Terray
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Abbot Joseph Marie Terray (9 December 1715 – 18 February 1778) was a Controller-General of Finances during the reign of Louis XV of France, an agent of fiscal reform.[1]
Quick Facts 23rd Controller-General of Finances, Nominated by ...
Joseph Terray | |
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![]() Joseph Marie Terray by Alexander Roslin, 1774 | |
23rd Controller-General of Finances | |
In office 22 December 1769 – 24 August 1774 | |
Nominated by | René Nicolas de Maupeou |
Monarch | Louis XV |
Preceded by | Étienne Maynon d'Invault |
Succeeded by | Anne Robert Jacques Turgot |
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Born | 9 December 1715 Boën, France |
Died | 18 February 1778(1778-02-18) (aged 62) Paris, France |
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