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Jacques Necker

1732 - 1804

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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 innovations sometimes caused great discontent. 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 initially held the finance post between July 1777 and 1781. In 1781, he earned widespread recognition for his unprecedented decision to publish the Compte rendu – thus making the country's budget public – "a novelty in an absolute monarchy where the state of finances had always been kept a secret." Necker was dismissed within a few months. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Necker is the 1,636th most popular politician (down from 1,302nd in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 30th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Politician.

Jacques Necker was a french banker and statesman. He was most famous for being the finance minister of France during the French Revolution.

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Among politicians, Jacques Necker ranks 1,636 out of 19,576. Before him are Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Magnus I of Sweden, Berenice I of Egypt, Al-Mu'tasim, Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria, and Moshe Sharett. After him are Bogd Khan, Seljuk, William II of England, Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Polycrates.

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Among people born in 1732, Jacques Necker ranks 7. Before him are Joseph Haydn, George Washington, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Frederick North, Lord North, Stanisław August Poniatowski, and Pierre Beaumarchais. After him are Jérôme Lalande, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Johann Christoph Adelung, John Dickinson, Adélaïde of France, and Abbas III. Among people deceased in 1804, Jacques Necker ranks 5. Before him are Immanuel Kant, Joseph Priestley, Alexander Hamilton, and Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria. After him are Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, Pierre Méchain, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Jean-Charles Pichegru, and Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jacques Necker ranks 40 out of 1,015. Before him are Joan Gamper (1877), Carlo Maderno (1556), Felix Bloch (1905), Franz Mesmer (1734), Johann Jakob Balmer (1825), and Paul Hermann Müller (1899). After him are Carl Spitteler (1845), Aga Khan IV (1936), Benjamin Constant (1767), Erich von Däniken (1935), Karl Barth (1886), and Albert II, Duke of Austria (1298).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Jacques Necker ranks 2. Before him are Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1945). After him are Albert II, Duke of Austria (1298), Margareta of Romania (1949), François Vatel (1631), Louis, Duke of Savoy (1413), Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (1270), Micheline Calmy-Rey (1945), Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1867), Judith of Habsburg (1271), Hans Martin Sutermeister (1907), and Humbert I, Count of Savoy (980).

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