Daniel Mandon


Daniel Mandon was a French teacher and politician of the Centre of Social Democrats 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. He defeated Communist Party member Charles Fiterman. He supported the, as well as a moratorium on national service. His mandate in the National Assembly was interrupted by the "failed dissolution" in 1997.
As a general councillor, Mandon chaired the department's and served as vice-president of cultural affairs for many years. He also took on many local issues, such as the inconsistencies in drawing the boundaries of Saint-Étienne Métropole, local finances, housing, recreation, urbanism, and the rejection of industrial wind power near the Pilat Regional Natural Park. In 2014, he chose not to run for re-election.
Daniel Mandon died in Saint-Genest-Malifaux on 9 June 2023, at the age of 84.

Publications

  • Logos et passion chez Clément d'Alexandrie
  • Milieu populaire et développement culturel
  • Influence des communications de masse sur le suicide
  • Thèse Paris Sorbonne : une ville ouvrière dans la crise culturelle
  • Les Barbelés de la culture, Saint-Étienne, ville ouvrière
  • Approche sociologique de l'hôpital: évolution et fonction sociale de l'institution hospitalière
  • Drogue et civilisation
  • Perspectives sociologiques sur les suicides
  • Précis des toxicomanies
  • Le nom et la nomination : source, sens et pouvoirs
  • Culture et changement Social
  • Une politique culturelle pour la Loire
  • Trouble fête
  • La Question identitaire territoriale; Saint-Étienne métamorphosée ?
  • La Question laïque. Les chocs culturels stéphanois
  • C'est la faute à Voltaire. Du bon usage des citations
  • C'est la faute à Rousseau. Religion et politique : l'exception française
  • De la modernité au culte républicain
  • Le Département de la Loire et son Conseil général, un destin singulier
  • Pilat en Lumière
  • ''Santé et spiritualité. Sain et sauf : le mythe et la foi''

    Distinctions

  • Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite
  • Knight of the Legion of Honour
  • Commander of the Ordre des Palmes académiques
  • Officer of the Order of Agricultural Merit