Jacques Necker: Genevan minister resident in France, French statesman, and finance minister of Louis XVI (1732-1804)
Jacques Necker (IPA: ; 30 September 1732 – 9 April 1804) was a banker from Geneva who became a finance minister for Louis XVI.
He tried to make France's tax system better.
His dismissal on 1789 caused the Storming of the Bastille.
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