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Charles Alexandre de Calonne

1734 - 1802

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Charles Alexandre de Calonne (20 January 1734 – 30 October 1802), titled Count of Hannonville in 1759, was a French statesman, best known for being Louis XVI's Controller-General of Finances (minister of finance) in the years leading up to the French Revolution. Calonne attempted repeatedly to pass reforms that lowered government spending and implemented property added value tax among other things, but failed due to popular opposition to his policies from the Parlement and the Assembly of Notables. Realizing that the Parlement of Paris would never agree to reform, Calonne handpicked an Assembly of Notables in 1787 to approve new taxes. When they refused, Calonne's reputation plummeted and he was forced to leave the country. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Alexandre de Calonne is the 5,156th most popular politician (down from 4,042nd in 2019), the 1,485th most popular biography from France (down from 1,252nd in 2019) and the 361st most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Alexandre de Calonne ranks 5,156 out of 19,576. Before him are Khabul Khan, Andronikos Doukas, Manuel Roxas, Kim Kyong-hui, Prince Valdemar of Denmark, and Sibghatullah Mojaddedi. After him are Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, Fikret Abdić, Bu Bing, Rafael Caldera, Emperor An of Han, and Utu-hengal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1734, Charles Alexandre de Calonne ranks 10. Before him are Taksin, François-Joseph Gossec, Anna Göldi, Sophie of France, Wolfgang von Kempelen, and Cardinal de Rohan. After him are Grigory Orlov, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Joseph Wright of Derby, Ueda Akinari, Anton Janša, and Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II. Among people deceased in 1802, Charles Alexandre de Calonne ranks 9. Before him are Luisa of Naples and Sicily, Marie François Xavier Bichat, Clotilde of France, Martha Washington, Charles Leclerc, and Ludovico Manin. After him are Alexander Radishchev, Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Franz Aepinus, Jens Juel, Jurij Vega, and Prince Henry of Prussia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Alexandre de Calonne ranks 1,485 out of 6,770. Before him are Catherine Spaak (1945), Bernard Tapie (1943), Jean Chacornac (1823), Louis Jourdan (1921), Jean-Luc Nancy (1940), and Maurice Barrès (1862). After him are Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), Georges Feydeau (1862), Michel Richard Delalande (1657), Austen Henry Layard (1817), John V, Duke of Brittany (1389), and Henry I, Count of Champagne (1127).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Charles Alexandre de Calonne ranks 361. Before him are Robert III, Count of Flanders (1249), Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès (1753), Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709), Édouard Herriot (1872), Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (1894), and Bernard Tapie (1943). After him are Chilperic of Aquitaine (600), Georges Bidault (1899), Philippe de Gaulle (1921), Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (1936), Étienne Mourrut (1939), and William I, Duke of Aquitaine (875).

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