Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier | |
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Portrait by François-Guillaume Ménageot | |
| Chief Minister of the French Monarch | |
| In office 11 July 1789 – 16 July 1789 | |
| Monarch | Louis XVI |
| Preceded by | Jacques Necker |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Necker |
| Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi | |
| In office 1784 – 24 July 1788 | |
| Monarch | Louis XVI |
| Preceded by | Antoine-Jean Amelot de Chaillou |
| Succeeded by | Pierre-Charles Laurent de Villedeuil |
| Ambassador of France to Austria | |
| In office 1774–1783 | |
| Monarch | Louis XVI |
| Preceded by | Jean-François Géorgel |
| Viguier of the French Co-Prince of Andorra | |
| In office 1780–1783 | |
| Monarch | Louis XVI |
| Preceded by | Jean de Perper |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Bonifaci Goma Montou |
| Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 1760–1770 | |
| Monarch | Louis XV |
| Preceded by | Aimeric Joseph de Durfort-Civrac |
| Succeeded by | Jacques-Abraham Durand d'Aubigny |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 March 1730 Azay-le-Ferron, Kingdom of France |
| Died | 2 November 1807 (aged 77) Paris, French Empire |
Louis Charles Auguste Le Tonnelier, Baron de Breteuil, Baron de Preuilly (7 March 1730 – 2 November 1807) was a French aristocrat, diplomat and statesman. He was the last chief minister of the Bourbon Monarchy, appointed by King Louis XVI only one hundred hours before the storming of the Bastille.