Please answer the following question: Facts: - profession: statesman , politician , counsel - party: bourbon crown - office: president of the '' cour des aides '' - px|title: '' directeur de la librairie '' - term end: 1763 1775 - term start: 1750 1763 - name: guillaume-chretien de lamoignon de malesherbes - image: chretien-guillaume de lamoignon de malesherbes.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of guillaume-chretien de lamoignon de malesherbes .
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guillaume-chretien de lamoignon de malesherbes -lrb- 6 december 1721 -- 23 april 1794 -rrb- , often referred to as malesherbes or lamoignon-malesherbes , was a french statesman , minister , and afterwards counsel for the defence of louis xvi .