Alexandre Goüin

Alexandre Goüin
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

Alexandre Henri Goüin (25 January 1792 in Tours – 27 May 1872) was a French banker and politician.

Life

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.

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

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Second cabinet of Adolphe Thiers (1 March 1840 to 29 October 1840)

Head of state: King Louis Philippe I

President of the council

Adolphe Thiers

Adolphe Thiers

Foreign Affairs

Adolphe Thiers

Interior

• Charles de Rémusat
• Léon de Maleville (Sub-secretary of State)

Justice and Religious Affairs

Alexandre-François Vivien

War

Amédée Despans-Cubières

Finance

Joseph Pelet de la Lozère

Navy and Colonies

Albin Roussin

Public Education

Victor Cousin

Public Works

Hippolyte François Jaubert

Agriculture and Commerce

• Alexandre Goüin
• Adolphe Billault (Sub-secretary of State)