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Joachim de Pérez
b. 1759
A French Revolutionary-era writer and politician, he left behind speeches and reports that open a window onto public life in the late 1700s. His surviving works focus on practical questions of government, especially taxation, postal services, and administration.
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About the author
Born in Auch on April 30, 1759, and later known as Joachim Perez du Gief, he was a French public figure from the Gers region whose printed writings grew out of his political work during and after the Revolution. Records from the Bibliothèque nationale de France list works published under the name Joachim de Pérez, and historical references identify him as a deputy connected to Gers.
His books and pamphlets are not novels, but political and legislative texts. Among the works linked to him are writings on the organization of posts and messageries and opinions delivered as a member of the Council of Five Hundred, which suggests a career closely tied to the debates of the Directory period.
He died in Mirande on August 15, 1822. No confirmed portrait image was found in the sources reviewed, though a signature image is available on his French Wikipedia page.