Joseph Paganon
| Joseph Paganon | |
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| Minister of Public Works | |
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In office 31 January 1933 – 9 February 1934 |
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| Prime Minister | Daladier, Sarraut, Chautemps, Daladier |
| Preceded by | Georges Bonnet |
| Succeeded by | Pierre-Étienne Flandin |
| Minister of Public Works | |
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In office 1 June 1935 – 4 June 1935 |
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| Prime Minister | Fernand Bouisson |
| Preceded by | Henri Roy |
| Succeeded by | Laurent Eynac |
| Interior Minister | |
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In office 7 June 1935 – 22 January 1936 |
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| Prime Minister | Pierre Laval |
| Preceded by | Fernand Bouisson |
| Succeeded by | Albert Sarraut |
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19 March 1880 Vourey, Isère, France |
| Died | 2 November 1937 (aged 57) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Chemical engineer |
Joseph Paganon (19 March 1880 – 2 November 1937) was a French chemical engineer and politician. He was Minister of Public Works in 1933–34, and for a few days in 1935. He helped provide infrastructure needed by the alpine tourist industry in his native department of Isère, and introduced reforms to railway regulations. He was Minister of the Interior in 1935–36 during a period when France was struggling to manage an influx of refugees from Nazi Germany, and tensions were rising in the French colony of Algeria.
Joseph Paganon was born on 19 March 1880 in Vourey, Isère. His parents were Marie and Alexandre Paganon from Laval, teachers in Vourey. He spent his childhood in Sainte-Agnès, a small mountain village, He studied at the Lycée Polyvalent Vaucanson in Grenoble. He won a scholarship that let him study at the Faculty of Science in Lyon and the School of Chemistry. He graduated with a diploma as a chemical engineer and a Bachelor of Science.
Paganon moved to Paris to work as a secretary at the head office of the Poulenc frères company, while studying under Louis Bouveault (1864–1909) at the Sorbonne. He earned a doctorate in Chemistry with a thesis on artificial silk. This won him a travel scholarship to Germany. There he was attached to the French embassy in Berlin and attended courses of Hermann Emil Fischer at the Faculty of Science. After returning to Paris he became a contributor to the journal Le Temps, writing on economic and social topics. In 1906 Paganon joined the office of the Minister of Agriculture. In 1908 he was appointed adviser on foreign trade. He was secretary general of the National Committee of Advisers on Foreign Trade.
Paganon became chief of staff to Jules Pams, Minister of Agriculture from 1911 to 1913. During World War I (1914–18) he served in the chasseurs before being attached as a chemist to the Ministry of Armament, with the status of artillery officer. In 1917 Paganon was recalled to the Ministry of Agriculture, where he was chief of staff until 1918. As an officer, he was also military attaché to Georges Clemenceau. Soon after the war Pams, now Minister of the Interior, appointed him chief of staff to that Ministry. He was elected mayor of the commune of Laval, Isère.
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