Jacques Necker when he born

September 30, 1732Jacques Necker was a banker of Genevan origin who became a finance minister for Louis XVI and a French statesman. Necker played a key role in French history before and during the first period of the French Revolution.

Jacques Necker, (born September 30, 1732, Geneva-died April 9, 1804, Coppet, Switzerland), Swiss banker and director general of finance (1771-81, 1788-89, 1789-90) under Louis XVI of France. He was overpraised in his lifetime for his somewhat dubious skill with public finances and unduly deprecated by historians for his allegedvacillation and lack of statesmanship in the opening phases of the French Revolution.