What is Jacques Necker?
[[File:Necker, Jacques - Duplessis.jpg|thumb|A portrait of Jacques Necker]] '''Jacques Necker''' ({{IPA-fr|ʒak nɛkɛʁ|IPA}}; 30 September 1732 – 9 April 1804) was a [[Finance|banker]] from [[Geneva]] who became a finance minister for [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]]. He tried to make France's [[tax]] system better. His dismissal on 1789 caused the [[Storming of the Bastille]]. {{history-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Necker, Jacques}} [[Category:1732 births]] [[Category:1804 deaths]] [[Category:French bankers]] [[Category:Swiss bankers]] [[Category:People from Geneva]]