Michel Goudchaux

Michel Goudchaux

Michel Goudchaux (born March 18, 1797 in Nancy , † December 27, 1862 in Paris ) was a French journalist and statesman.

When his father died in 1821, Goudchaux took over the management of his father's company; a major trading house in Nancy. He was politically active and was elected member of parliament in 1826, where he was part of the opposition.

In 1830, after the July Revolution , Goudchaux was elected to the General Council of the Seine department . As such, Goudchaux later took over the post of war paymaster in Strasbourg , but was relieved of this position again in 1834, as he was still in vehement opposition to the incumbent government.

Goudchaux later wrote as a journalist for the newspaper National . After the February Revolution of 1848, Goudchaux was appointed finance minister of the provisional government, to which he only belonged for eleven days. From June 28th to October 25th of the same year acted again as finance minister. Until 1851 he held this position again, after Napoléon III. became president in December 1848.

When Goudchaux was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1857, he refused to take the oath on the constitution and did not take office as a member of parliament.

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