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Louis XVI's replacement for Jacques Necker
Correction

Calonne was not Necker’s direct replacement. After Necker left office in 1781, Jean‑François Joly de Fleury and then Lefèvre d’Ormesson headed finances before Calonne was appointed in 1783.

Full reasoning

This phrase is historically inaccurate because Calonne did not directly replace Jacques Necker.

Reliable reference works show the sequence of finance ministers under Louis XVI was:

  1. Jacques Necker left office in 1781.
  2. Jean-François Joly de Fleury then served as minister of finances from 1781 to 1783.
  3. Lefèvre d'Ormesson followed in 1783.
  4. Charles Alexandre de Calonne was appointed later in 1783.

So Calonne was a later successor, not "Louis XVI's replacement for Jacques Necker."

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