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Alexandre Henri Goüin (25 January 1792, in
Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire. The commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole metr ...
– 27 May 1872) was a French banker and politician.


Life

Came from a banker family, he was member of the municipal council of
Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire. The commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole metr ...
from 1820 on and president of the
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and
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of Tours. He was deputy for the department of
Indre-et-Loire Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River. In 2019, it had a population of 610,079.General councils of
Indre-et-Loire Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River. In 2019, it had a population of 610,079.minister of Commerce and
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in the government of
Louis-Philippe of France Louis Philippe (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France. As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary Wa ...
(1840), Vice president of
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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.


See also

* Hôtel Goüin * Minister of Commerce and Industry (France) * Ministry of Agriculture (France)


References


Further reading

*Frederick Martin,''Handbook of contemporary biography'', 1870 *HighWire Press,''History of Political Economy, Volumes 5 à 6'', Duke University Press, 1973 1792 births 1872 deaths Businesspeople from Tours, France Politicians from Tours, France Orléanists Party of Order politicians Bonapartists French Ministers of Agriculture and Commerce Members of the 2nd Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy Members of the 3rd Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy Members of the 4th Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy Members of the 5th Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy Members of the 6th Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy Members of the 7th Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy Members of the 1848 Constituent Assembly Members of the National Legislative Assembly of the French Second Republic Members of the 1st Corps législatif of the Second French Empire Members of the 2nd Corps législatif of the Second French Empire Members of the 3rd Corps législatif of the Second French Empire French Senators of the Second Empire French bankers Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur {{IndreLoire-politician-stub