Jacques Necker (1732-1804) was a French banker and financier.

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Jacques Necker (1732-1804) was a French banker and financie. After the French court dismissed him as director-general of finances because of his stringent economic policies, the people stormed the Bastille on July 14, 1789, the start of the French Revolution. Necker was reinstated, but resigned in 1790.

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