François Louis Auguste Goiran (27 April 1847,
Nice
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) was a French soldier and politician. He was
Minister of War
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from May to June 1911 and
Mayor of Nice from 1912 to 1919.
[Alain Ruggiero (sous la direction de), ''Nouvelle histoire de Nice'', Toulouse, Privat, 2006 ]
References
French soldiers
1847 births
1927 deaths
Mayors of Nice
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