Auguste Isaac

{{Short description|French politician}}

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| birth_date = 6 September 1849

| birth_place = Roubaix, France

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| death_place = Lyon, France

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Auguste Isaac (1849-1938) was a French politician. He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1919 to 1924, representing Rhône.{{cite web|title=Auguste Isaac|url=http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/(num_dept)/3938|website=National Assembly|accessdate=July 9, 2016}}

Minister of Industry and Commerce between 1920 and 1921, Isaac attacked the French fashion industry for its “indecency” during an Anti-pornography Congress in Lyon in 1922.[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/03/28/99002953.pdf ATTACKS PARIS MODISTES - French Ex-Minister of Commerce Blames Them for Indecent Costumes], The New York Times, March 28, 1922 (PDF)

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