1. Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret was an energetic reformer, but was blamed for many of the financial problems of the time, and went into retirement during the French Consulate and First French Empire.
15 Facts About Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret
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Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret supported Napoleon during the Hundred Days of 1815.
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Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret's great-grandfather, Antoine Ramel was a king's advocate.
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Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret's parents were Jean-Baptiste Ramel and Marie-Rose Ducup of Saint-Ferriol.
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Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret then acquired the posts of king's prosecutor in the marechaussee of Montolieu, captain and royal judge.
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Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret was a member of the committee of alienation, and was appointed a commissioner for taking the oaths of troops.
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Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret opposed the division of France into departments on the grounds of the disruption this would cause in the administration and collection of taxes.
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Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret was against the Law of the Maximum, which controlled food prices.
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Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret took office at a difficult time, with urgent demands from the armies.
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Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret developed the idea of the land registry, and managed the difficult transition from assignats to money.
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Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret was committed to alleviating public debt and to reforming the taxation system.
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Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret was severely criticized by the press and by politicians.
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Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret remained out of politics during the French Consulate and most of the First French Empire.
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Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret bought a beautiful modern country house in Montolieu, the "little Versailles", surrounded by fertile parkland.
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Dominique-Vincent Ramel-Nogaret Ramel died on 31 March 1829 in Brussels, Belgium.