Guillaume-Charles Faipoult

Guillaume-Charles Faipoult
Portrait by Launay after a drawing by Anne Germain
Born
Guillaume-Charles Faipoult de Maisoncelle

(1752-12-04)4 December 1752
Paris, France
Died8 October 1817(1817-10-08) (aged 64)
Augy, Yonne, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Soldier, politician
Known forMinister of Finance

Guillaume-Charles Faipoult (Formally Guillaume-Charles, chevalier Faipoult de Maisoncelle; 4 December 1752 – 8 October 1817) was a French aristocrat, soldier and politician who was Minister of Finance during the French Revolution. He then represented France in Italy, where he organized the newly formed republics. During the First French Empire he was prefect of the Scheldt department, and then Minister of Finance in Spain under Joseph Bonaparte. Faipoult was prefect of Saône-et-Loire during the Hundred Days.

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