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Alexandre Goüin
French banker and politician
Alexandre Henri Goüin (25 January 1792 in Tours – 27 May 1872) was a French banker and politician.
Alexandre Goüin | |
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| Senator of the Second Empire | |
| In office 1867-1870 | |
| Vice president of Corps législatif | |
| Minister of Commerce and Agriculture | |
| In office 1840 | |
| Deputy for Indre-et-Loire | |
| In office 1831-1867 | |
Came from a banker family, he was member of the municipal council of Tours from 1820 on and president of the Tribunal and Chamber of Commerce of Tours.
He was deputy for the department of Indre-et-Loire (1831-1868), president of the General councils of Indre-et-Loire (1834-), minister of Commerce and Agriculture in the government of Louis-Philippe of France (1840), Vice president of Corps législatif and Senator of the Second Empire (1868-1870).
Goüin has director of Caisse générale du commerce et de l'industrie (1844-1848).
He was the father of Eugène Goüin and the uncle of Ernest Goüin.
- Frederick Martin,Handbook of contemporary biography, 1870
- HighWire Press,History of Political Economy, Volumes 5 à 6, Duke University Press, 1973
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| Preceded by | Minister of Commerce and Agriculture 1840 |
Succeeded by |
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