<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Portrait of Jean - Baptiste Colbert, by Philippe de Champaigne (1655) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> First Minister of State </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In office 9 March 1661--6 September 1683 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Monarch </Th> <Td> Louis XIV </Td> </Tr>

Who supported a mercantilist policy and founded the french east india company