Daniel Mandon
{{Short description|French politician (1939–2023)}}
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| name = Daniel Mandon
| image = Portrait Daniel Mandon.jpg
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| caption = Mandon in 2017
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1939|06|03}}
| birth_place = Saint-Étienne, France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2023|06|09|1939|06|03}}
| death_place = Saint-Genest-Malifaux, France
| nationality = French
| other_names =
| occupation = Teacher
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| notable_works =
| education = University of Paris
| office = Member of the French National Assembly for Loire's 4th constituency
| term_start = 2 April 1993
| term_end = 21 April 1997
| predecessor = {{ill|Théo Vial-Massat|fr}}
| successor = {{ill|Bernard Outin|fr}}
| office2 = Mayor of Saint-Genest-Malifaux
| term_start2 = 1983
| term_end2 = 2014
| predecessor2 = Laurent Béal
| successor2 = Vincent Ducreux
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Daniel Mandon (3 June 1939 – 9 June 2023) was a French teacher and politician of the Centre of Social Democrats (CDS) and the UDF.
Biography
Born in Saint-Étienne on 3 June 1939, Mandon completed his secondary studies in his hometown before attending university in Lyon, Aix-en-Provence, and Paris. He completed a doctorate in sociology from the University of Paris and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences.
In 1977, Mandon was elected to the municipal council of Sant-Genest-Malifaux. He then became mayor in 1983. He also became a member of the General Council of Loire at the age of 39. In 1993, he was elected to the National Assembly as a member of the UDF.{{cite web|url=https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/%28num_dept%29/4955|title=Daniel Mandon|work=National Assembly|language=French}} He defeated Communist Party member Charles Fiterman. He supported the {{ill|Plan Juppé, 1995|fr|Plan Juppé de 1995}},{{cite news |last= |first= |date=15 November 1995|title=Le discours du plan Juppé|trans-title= |url=https://fresques.ina.fr/securite-sociale/fiche-media/Secuso00096/le-discours-du-plan-juppe.html|language=French|work=Institut national de l'audiovisuel|location= |access-date=13 June 2023}} as well as a moratorium on national service. His mandate in the National Assembly was interrupted by the "failed dissolution" in 1997.{{cite web|url=https://www.cairn.info/le-vote-surprise-les-elections-legislatives-du-25---9782724607341-page-17.htm#|title=Chapitre 1. Dissolution Ratée dans une démocratie déréglée|work=Cairn.info|language=French}}
As a general councillor, Mandon chaired the department's {{ill|Conseil d'architecture, d'urbanisme et de l'environnement|fr}} and served as vice-president of cultural affairs for many years.{{cite book |last=Reynaud|first=Brigitte|date=1991|title=
Brigitte Reynaud, « in L'industrie rubanière dans la Région Stéphanoise: (1895-1975)|trans-title= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8aohlA9YJzYC&dq=daniel+mandon+st+genest+malifaux&pg=PA421|language=French|location=Saint-Étienne|publisher=Centre d'études Foréziennes - Université Jean Monnet|isbn=9782851450616}} He also took on many local issues, such as the inconsistencies in drawing the boundaries of Saint-Étienne Métropole,{{cite web|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/geoca_0035-113x_1997_num_72_3_4691|title= "Saint-Etienne Métropole" ou le découpage du territoire minime [article]|work=Persée|language=French}}{{cite news |last=Meynard|first=Denis|date=9 January 2001|title=Saint-Etienne Métropole n'a pas réussi à convaincre toutes les communes|trans-title= |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/2001/01/saint-etienne-metropole-na-pas-reussi-a-convaincre-toutes-les-communes-706788|language=French|work=Les Echos|location= |access-date=13 June 2023}} local finances, housing, recreation, urbanism, and the rejection of industrial wind power near the Pilat Regional Natural Park.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=1 April 2011|title=Vincent Ducreux dit non à "l'industrialisation éolienne"|trans-title= |url=https://www.leprogres.fr/loire/2011/04/01/vincent-ducreux-dit-non-a-l-industrialisation-eolienne|language=French|work=Le Progrès|location= |access-date=13 June 2023}} In 2014, he chose not to run for re-election.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=9 January 2014|title=Daniel Mandon, sociologue et maire de Saint-Genest-Malifaux|trans-title= |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/emissions/l-invite-de-france-bleu-matin-saint-etienne-loire/daniel-mandon-sociologue-et-maire-de-saint-genest-malifaux|language=French|work=France Bleu|location= |access-date=13 June 2023}}
Daniel Mandon died in Saint-Genest-Malifaux on 9 June 2023, at the age of 84.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=10 June 2023|title=L'ancien député de la Loire, Daniel Mandon, est décédé|trans-title= |url=https://www.leprogres.fr/carnet-du-jour/2023/06/10/l-ancien-depute-daniel-mandon-est-decede|language=French|work=Le Progrès|location= |access-date=13 June 2023}}
Publications
- Logos et passion chez Clément d'Alexandrie (1963)
- Milieu populaire et développement culturel (1970)
- Influence des communications de masse sur le suicide (1971)
- Thèse Paris Sorbonne : une ville ouvrière dans la crise culturelle (1972)
- Les Barbelés de la culture, Saint-Étienne, ville ouvrière (1976)
- Approche sociologique de l'hôpital: évolution et fonction sociale de l'institution hospitalière (1977)
- Drogue et civilisation (1979)
- Perspectives sociologiques sur les suicides (1981)
- Précis des toxicomanies (1984)
- Le nom et la nomination : source, sens et pouvoirs (1990)
- Culture et changement Social (1991)
- Une politique culturelle pour la Loire (1995)
- Trouble fête (2000)
- La Question identitaire territoriale; Saint-Étienne métamorphosée ? (2009)
- La Question laïque. Les chocs culturels stéphanois (2010)
- C'est la faute à Voltaire. Du bon usage des citations (2013)
- C'est la faute à Rousseau. Religion et politique : l'exception française (2015)
- De la modernité au culte républicain (2017)
- Le Département de la Loire et son Conseil général, un destin singulier (2018)
- Pilat en Lumière (2019)
- Santé et spiritualité. Sain et sauf : le mythe et la foi (2020)
Distinctions
- Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite (2011){{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000024795827|title=Décret du 14 novembre 2011 portant promotion et nomination|date=15 November 2011|work=Légifrance|language=French}}
- Knight of the Legion of Honour (1997){{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000752127|title=Décret du 31 décembre 1997 portant promotion et nomination|date=1 January 1998|work=Légifrance|language=French}}
- Commander of the Ordre des Palmes académiques
- Officer of the Order of Agricultural Merit
References
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Category:Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite