Charles Daniel-Vincent
| Charles Augustin Daniel Vincent | |
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| Minister of Education and Fine Arts | |
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In office 12 September 1917 – 16 November 1917 |
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| Preceded by | Théodore Steeg |
| Succeeded by | Louis Lafferre |
| Minister of Labor and Social Assurance | |
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In office 16 January 1921 – 15 January 1922 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Jourdain |
| Succeeded by | Albert Peyronnet |
| Minister of Labor and Hygiene | |
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In office 29 March 1924 – 9 June 1924 |
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| Preceded by | Albert Peyronnet |
| Succeeded by | Paul Jourdain |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | |
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In office 29 October 1925 – 23 June 1926 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Chaumet |
| Succeeded by | Fernand Chapsal |
| Minister of Public Works | |
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In office 23 June 1926 – 19 July 1926 |
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| Preceded by | Anatole de Monzie |
| Succeeded by | André Tardieu |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
21 March 1874 Bettrechies, Nord, France |
| Died | 3 May 1946 (aged 72) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
Charles Augustin Daniel Vincent (31 March 1874 – 3 May 1946), known as Daniel-Vincent, was a French teacher and politician. He was a deputy from 1910 to 1927, then a senator from 1927 to 1941. During World War I (1914–18) he served as an aviator, then as under secretary of state for Aviation. He tried to make the aircraft industry more effective in delivering planes of sufficient quality and numbers. As Minister of Labor in 1921–22 he introduced France's first social insurance bill. He also served in various cabinets as Minister of Education, Minister of Commerce and Minister of Public Works.
Charles Augustin Daniel Vincent was born on 31 March 1874 in Bettrechies, Nord. Daniel-Vincent studied at the école normale primaire supérieure in Saint-Cloud, the University of Lille and the Sorbonne. In 1901 he became a teacher at the école normale of Douai. In 1904 he transferred to the école normale of Paris. He continued to study, and in 1909 became a Doctor of Letters at Lille. Daniel-Vincent was elected deputy for the 3rd district of Avesnes, Nord, on the second ballot on 8 May 1910. He sat with the Radical Socialists. He was reelected as candidate of the Unified Radical Party on 26 April 1914.
With the outbreak of World War I (1914–18) Vincent was mobilized and at his request assigned to the airforce. He served as a reconnaissance observer. He became second lieutenant and then lieutenant in a bomber squadron, and was decorated for his performance. He returned to the Chamber and joined the Finance committee, where he was rapporteur of the aviation budget.
Due to his knowledge of conditions in the aviation arm Vincent was appointed under-secretary of state for military aviation in the fifth cabinet of Alexandre Ribot, from 20 March 1917 to 12 September 1917. When he was appointed most French planes were inferior to the German fighters, but for contractual reasons inferior planes continued to be delivered. Vincent ordered the Service Technique de l'Aéronautique (STAé) to stop designing aircraft and return to supporting existing manufacturers. He tried to speed up production by subcontracting manufacture of airframes and engines, and threatened that if manufacturers did not cooperate he would assign their workers to combat duty.
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