Alexandre Goüin

Alexandre Henri Goüin 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, president of the General [councils (France)|General councils] of Indre-et-Loire, Minister of [Commerce and Industry (France)|minister of Commerce] and Agriculture (France)|Agriculture] in the government of Louis-Philippe of France, Vice president of Corps législatif and Senator of the Second Empire.
Goüin has director of Caisse générale du commerce et de l'industrie.
He was the father of Eugène Goüin and the uncle of Ernest Goüin.