Jacques Necker (French: [ʒak nɛkɛʁ]; 30 September 1732 – 9 April 1804) was a Genevan banker and statesman who served as finance minister for Louis XVI. He was a reformer, but his …

Jacques Necker (born September 30, 1732, Geneva—died April 9, 1804, Coppet, Switzerland) was a Swiss banker and director general of finance (1771–81, 1788–89, 1789–90) under …

Jun 13, 2022 · Jacques Necker (lived 1732 to 1804) was a Swiss banker and statesman who served as finance minister to King Louis XVI of France (reigned 1774 to 1792). He served in …

He rose to hold the office of director-general of French finances on two occasions. During Necker's first term (1777–81), his social and administrative reform programmes aroused the …

Necker was a constitutional monarchist, a political economist, and a moralist, who wrote a severe critique of the new principle of equality before the law. Necker fully embraced the label of …

Jacques Necker, 1732 - 1804, Swiss Director of Fianance under Louis XVI. Having gained a reputation as a financial writer, Necker was appointed France 's Directory of the Royal …

Jacques Necker (French:[ʒak nɛkɛʁ]; 30 September 1732 – 9 April 1804) was a Genevan banker and statesman who served as finance minister for Louis XVI. He was a reformer, but his …

Necker cleverly covered the expenses of the American war with loans, without making significant changes. Eventually, when loans became impossible, he returned to the principles of thrift and …

Although courted by Austria and Russia, Necker preferred to remain in the wilderness. Necker wrote his famous Traité (1784), one of his better treatises.

Jacques Necker (1732–1804) was a Swiss statesman and financier who played a crucial role in French political life from 1776 to 1789. Born in Geneva, he was a devout Protestant who …