Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil

Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier
Chief Minister of the French Monarch
In office
11 July 1789 – 16 July 1789
MonarchLouis XVI
Preceded byJacques Necker
Succeeded byJacques Necker
Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi
In office
1784 – 24 July 1788
MonarchLouis XVI
Preceded byAntoine-Jean Amelot de Chaillou
Succeeded byPierre-Charles Laurent de Villedeuil
Ambassador of France to Austria
In office
1774–1783
MonarchLouis XVI
Preceded byJean-François Géorgel
Vigeur of the French Co-Prince of Andorra
In office
1780–1783
MonarchLouis XVI
Preceded byJean de Perper
Succeeded byJoseph Bonifaci Goma Montou
Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom
In office
1760–1770
MonarchLouis XV
Preceded byAimeric Joseph de Durfort-Civrac
Succeeded byJacques-Abraham Durand d'Aubigny
Personal details
Born(1730-03-07)7 March 1730
Azay-le-Ferron, Kingdom of France
Died2 November 1807(1807-11-02) (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.