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  1. Jacques Necker was a Genevan banker and statesman who served as finance minister for Louis XVI from 1777 to 1781. He was a reformer, but his innovations sometimes caused great discontent. He published the Compte rendu, making the country's budget public, and was dismissed by the king in 1789. He died in 1804.

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  3. Jacques Necker - Wikipedia

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    Jacques Necker was a Genevan banker and statesman who served as finance minister for Louis XVI from 1777 to 1781. He was a reformer, but his innovations sometimes caused great discontent. He published the Compte rendu, making the country's budget public, and was dismissed by the king in 1789. He died in 1804.

  4. Jacques Necker | French Financier & Statesman | Britannica

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    Jacques Necker was a Swiss banker who served as the director general of finance under Louis XVI of France from 1771 to 1789. He is known for his role in the French Revolution and his role in the American War of Independence. Learn more about his life, career, and legacy on Britannica.

  5. Jacques Necker - World History Encyclopedia

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    Jacques Necker (l. 1732-1804) was a Swiss banker and statesman who served as finance minister to King Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792). He served in the king's ministry three separate times, tasked with navigating France through its dire financial crisis.

  6. Jacques Necker summary | Britannica

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    Jacques Necker, (born Sept. 30, 1732, Geneva, Switz.—died April 9, 1804, Coppet), Swiss-born French financier and director-general of finance under Louis XVI.

  7. Jacques Necker | Encyclopedia.com

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    The French financier and statesman Jacques Necker (1732-1804) served King Louis XVI as director general of finances. His efforts to reform French institutions prior to 1789 and to compromise with the Estates General after the start of the Revolution failed.

  8. Jacques Necker - Alpha History

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    Jacques Necker (1732-1804) was a French finance minister and a critical participant in the unfolding revolution of 1789. Born in Geneva, Necker was the son of a Swiss law professor but shunned law and instead trained as a banker.

  9. Jacques Necker | Palace of Versailles

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    Jacques Necker Title Leading Financier to Louis XVI Life 1732-1804 His traces in Versailles His representations After the fall of Turgot in 1776, Louis XVI appointed Necker as Director of the Royal Treasury. His public reputation had been bolstered by the prize for eloquence awarded by the Académie Française for his address In praise of Colbert.

  10. Jacques Necker - New World Encyclopedia

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    Jacques Necker (September 30, 1732 – April 9, 1804) was a French statesman of Swiss origin and finance minister of King Louis XVI. Jacques Necker is said by some to have provoked the French Revolution when he convened the ancient French Assembly only to ask for money.

  11. Illustration. Portrait depicting Jacques Necker (1732-1804), Genevan banker and popular finance minister under King Louis XVI of France prior to the French Revolution. His dismissal in 1789 was one of the catalysts for the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789. Oil on canvas, painted by Joseph Duplessis, c. 1781.

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