Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes
The Count of Campomanes | |
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Portrait by Francisco Bayeu, 1777 | |
| Minister of the Treasury | |
| In office 1760–1762 | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
| Seat E of the Real Academia Española | |
| In office 8 February 1763 – 3 February 1802 | |
| Preceded by | Javier de Aguirre |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Ranz Romanillos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 July 1723 Tineo, Spain |
| Died | 3 February 1802 (aged 78) Madrid, Spain |
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Pedro Rodríguez de Campomanes y Pérez Sorriba, 1st Count of Campomanes (1 July 1723 – 3 February 1802), was a Spanish statesman, economist, and writer who was Minister of the Treasury in 1760. He was an adherent of the position that the state held supremacy over the Catholic Church in Spain, often called Erastianism or Caesaropapism. Campomanes was part of the government of Charles III. A staunch anti-Jesuit, one of the biggest foes of the Society of Jesus, Campomanes was the main driving force behind their expulsion from the Spanish Empire.