Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, often referred to as Malesherbes or Lamoignon-Malesherbes, was a French statesman and minister in the Ancien Régime, and later counsel for the defense of Louis XVI. He is known for his vigorous criticism of royal abuses as President of the Cour des aides and his role, as director of censorship, in helping with the publication of the Encyclopédie. Despite his committed monarchism, his writings contributed to the development of liberalism during the French Age of Enlightenment.

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Occupation: magistrate, jurist, botanist, writer
Position held: First President, Ministre de la Maison du Roi, seat 38 of the Académie française, president of the French Academy of Sciences
Citizenship: France
Born: December 6, 1721
Died: April 22, 1794

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