page_title: Jacques Laffitte
hierarchical_section_title: Jacques Laffitte
caption_attribution_description: English: Jacques Laffitte (1767-1844)Русский: Жак Лафиит - французский банкир, политик. премьер-министр ФранцииFrançais&#160;: Jacques Laffitte. Portrait publié par Pagnerre, extrait du Livre des Orateurs de Louis Marie de la Haye, vicomte de Cormenin, 1842.
context_page_description: Jacques Laffitte was a leading French banker, governor of the Bank of France and liberal member of the Chamber of Deputies during the Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy. He was an important figure in the development of new banking techniques during the early stages of industrialization in France. In politics, he played a decisive role during the Revolution of 1830 that brought Louis-Philippe, the duc d'Orléans, to the throne, replacing the unpopular Bourbon king Charles X. Laffitte was named president of the new Citizen King's Council of Ministers and Minister of Finances. After a brief ministry of 131 days, his "Party of Movement" gave way before the "Party of Order" led by the banker Casimir-Pierre Perier. Laffitte left office discredited politically and financially ruined. He rebounded financially in 1836 with his creation of the Caisse Générale du Commerce et de l'Industrie, a forerunner of French investment banks of the second half of the 19th century such as the Crédit Mobilier. The Caisse Générale did not survive the financial crisis caused by the Revolution of 1848.
context_section_description: Jacques Laffitte (24 October 1767 – 26 May 1844) was a leading French banker, governor of the Bank of France (1814–1820) and liberal member of the Chamber of Deputies during the Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy. He was an important figure in the development of new banking techniques during the early stages of industrialization in France. In politics, he played a decisive role during the Revolution of 1830 that brought Louis-Philippe, the duc d'Orléans, to the throne, replacing the unpopular Bourbon king Charles X. Laffitte was named president of the new Citizen King's Council of Ministers and Minister of Finances (2 November 1830 – 13 March 1831). After a brief ministry of 131 days, his "Party of Movement" gave way before the "Party of Order" led by the banker Casimir-Pierre Perier. Laffitte left office discredited politically and financially ruined. He rebounded financially in 1836 with his creation of the Caisse Générale du Commerce et de l'Industrie, a forerunner of French investment banks of the second half of the 19th century such as the Crédit Mobilier (1852). The  Caisse Générale did not survive the financial crisis caused by the Revolution of 1848.
caption: Illustration of Laffitte (ca. 1830)
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