Gabriel Guist'hau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French politician
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Place of Birth: Saint-Pierre, Réunion, France
About Gabriel Guist'hau
- Henri Gabriel Guist'hau, was a French politician (15 September 1863, Saint-Pierre, Réunion – 27 November 1931, Nantes, France).Guist'hau left Réunion for Nantes to study law there, and was elected to be mayor of Nantes in 1908.
- He went on to become a deputy of the Assemblée nationale from 1910 to 1924.
- He was minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts in 1912, minister of Commerce and Industry in 1913, and finally, minister of the Navy in 1921.
- As minister of the Navy, he oversaw the reconstruction of the French Navy, after the ravages of the First World War.
- He was elevated to Officer of the Légion d'honneur in 1924.
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