Florent Guillain

Antoine-Florent Guillain
Guillain by Maurice Dulac from Le Monde moderne, December 1898
Minister of Colonies
In office
1 November 1898 – 22 June 1899
Preceded byGeorges Trouillot
Succeeded byAlbert Decrais
Personal details
Born(1844-02-07)7 February 1844
Paris, France
Died19 April 1915(1915-04-19) (aged 71)
Paris, France

Antoine-Florent Guillain (7 February 1844 – 19 April 1915) was a French maritime engineer who designed a major upgrade to the port of Dunkirk, and rose to be Minister of Public Works. He was elected to the chamber of deputies in 1896 as a moderate Progressive Republican, and was Minister of the Colonies in 1898–99. He was appointed president or director of several major mining, shipbuilding, steel making and railway enterprises, and was a director of the Suez Canal Company and the Banque de France.