Daniel Mandon

Daniel Mandon
Mandon in 2017
Member of the French National Assembly for Loire's 4th constituency
In office 2 April 1993 – 21 April 1997
Preceded by	Théo Vial-Massat [fr]
Succeeded by	Bernard Outin [fr]
Mayor of Saint-Genest-Malifaux
In office 1983–2014
Preceded by	Laurent Béal
Succeeded by	Vincent Ducreux
Personal details
Born	(1939-06-03)3 June 1939 Saint-Étienne, France
Died	9 June 2023(2023-06-09) (aged 84) Saint-Genest-Malifaux, France
Political party	CDS UDF
Education	University of Paris
Occupation	Teacher

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.^[1] He defeated Communist Party member Charles Fiterman. He supported the Plan Juppé, 1995 [fr],^[2] as well as a moratorium on national service. His mandate in the National Assembly was interrupted by the "failed dissolution" in 1997.^[3]

As a general councillor, Mandon chaired the department's Conseil d'architecture, d'urbanisme et de l'environnement [fr] and served as vice-president of cultural affairs for many years.^[4] He also took on many local issues, such as the inconsistencies in drawing the boundaries of Saint-Étienne Métropole,^[5][6] local finances, housing, recreation, urbanism, and the rejection of industrial wind power near the Pilat Regional Natural Park.^[7] In 2014, he chose not to run for re-election.^[8]

Daniel Mandon died in Saint-Genest-Malifaux on 9 June 2023, at the age of 84.^[9]

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)^[10]
• Knight of the Legion of Honour (1997)^[11]
• Commander of the Ordre des Palmes académiques
• Officer of the Order of Agricultural Merit

References

1. "Daniel Mandon". National Assembly (in French).
2. "Le discours du plan Juppé". Institut national de l'audiovisuel (in French). 15 November 1995. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
3. "Chapitre 1. Dissolution Ratée dans une démocratie déréglée". Cairn.info (in French).
4. Reynaud, Brigitte (1991). Brigitte Reynaud, « in L'industrie rubanière dans la Région Stéphanoise: (1895-1975) (in French). Saint-Étienne: Centre d'études Foréziennes - Université Jean Monnet. ISBN 9782851450616.
5. ""Saint-Etienne Métropole" ou le découpage du territoire minime [article]". Persée (in French).
6. Meynard, Denis (9 January 2001). "Saint-Etienne Métropole n'a pas réussi à convaincre toutes les communes". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
7. "Vincent Ducreux dit non à "l'industrialisation éolienne"". Le Progrès (in French). 1 April 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
8. "Daniel Mandon, sociologue et maire de Saint-Genest-Malifaux". France Bleu (in French). 9 January 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
9. "L'ancien député de la Loire, Daniel Mandon, est décédé". Le Progrès (in French). 10 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
10. "Décret du 14 novembre 2011 portant promotion et nomination". Légifrance (in French). 15 November 2011.
11. "Décret du 31 décembre 1997 portant promotion et nomination". Légifrance (in French). 1 January 1998.