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Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1830)

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Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr

French marshal (1764–1830)

Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, 1st Marquis of Gouvion-Saint-Cyr was a French military leader of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was a made a Marshal of the Empire in 1812 by Emperor Napoleon, who regarded him as his finest general in defensive warfare.
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Minister of the Armed Forces (France)

Member of the Government of France

The Minister of the Armed Forces is the leader and most senior official of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, tasked with running the French Armed Forces. The minister is the third-highest civilian having authority over France's military, behind the President of the…
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