Joseph de Villèle
The Count of Villèle | |
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Portrait by Jean-Sébastien Rouillard | |
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 14 December 1821 – 4 January 1828 | |
| Monarchs | Louis XVIII Charles X |
| Preceded by | Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis de Richelieu |
| Succeeded by | Jean Baptiste de Martignac |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Haute-Garonne | |
| In office 5 October 1816 – 5 July 1830 | |
| Preceded by | Louis Emmanuel Dupuy |
| Succeeded by | Blaise Vezian de Saint-André |
| Constituency | Toulouse |
| Mayor of Toulouse | |
| In office 1815–1818 | |
| Preceded by | Raymond Lanneluc |
| Succeeded by | Guillaume de Bellegarde |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 April 1773 Toulouse, Languedoc, France |
| Died | 13 March 1854 (aged 80) Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, French Empire |
| Political party | Ultra-royalist |
| Spouse |
Mélanie Panon Desbassayns
(m. 1799; died 1854) |
| Children | 5 |
| Profession | Land owner |
Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph Marie Anne Séraphin, 1st Count of Villèle (14 April 1773 – 13 March 1854), better known simply as Joseph de Villèle (/vɪˈlɛl/; French: [vilɛl]), was a French statesman who served as the Prime Minister of France from 1821 to 1828. He was a leader of the Ultra-royalist faction during the Bourbon Restoration.