Paul Jourdain
| Paul Léon Jourdain | |
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Jourdain in 1919
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| Minister of Labor | |
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In office 2 December 1919 – 16 January 1921 |
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| Preceded by | Pierre Colliard |
| Succeeded by | Charles Daniel-Vincent |
| Minister of Labor | |
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In office 9 June 1924 – 14 June 1924 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Daniel-Vincent |
| Succeeded by | Justin Godart |
| Minister of Pensions | |
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In office 28 November 1925 – 19 July 1926 |
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| Preceded by | Louis Antériou |
| Succeeded by | Georges Bonnet |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
28 October 1878 Altkirch, Haut-Rhin, France |
| Died | 26 March 1948 (aged 69) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Industrialist |
Paul Léon Jourdain (28 October 1878 – 26 March 1948) was a French industrialist and politician who was a deputy from 1919 to 1927 and a senator from 1927 to 1944. He was Minister of Labor in 1919–21 and for a brief period in 1924. He was Minister of Pensions from 1925–26.
Paul Léon Jourdain was born on 28 October 1878 in Altkirch, Haut-Rhin. He attended the Lycée Jansonde-Sailly for his secondary education, then joined the 119th infantry regiment in Le Havre for his military service. He attended the École supérieure du commerce in Lyon, from which he graduated in 1902. He worked for a machinery firm in Bourgoin, then worked in the silk industry in Lyon. When his elder brother died in 1911 he returned to Altkirch to take over management of the family business, the Établissements Filature et Tissage X. Jourdain (X. Jordan Spinning and Weaving establishments), which had been founded in 1827 by his grandfather, Xavier Jourdain.
At the start of World War I (1914–18) Jourdain tried to reach France but was arrested by the German military authorities on 4 August 1914. On 7 August 1914 he was released by French troops. Soon after he was assigned assistant military attache to the French embassy in Bern. On 14 November 1918 he was named military administrator of the Altkirch and Dannemarie territories.
On 16 November 1919 Jourdain was elected deputy for Haut-Rhin. He was made president of the chamber's Commission d'Assurance et de Prévoyance Sociales. He was appointed Minister of Labor on 2 December 1919 in the cabinet of Georges Clemenceau, and retained this post in the subsequent cabinets of Alexandre Millerand and Georges Leygues, leaving office on 16 January 1921. In 1920 Jourdain became mayor of Altkirch, holding office throughout the inter-war years. General strikes broke out across France in May 1920. Jourdain tried to mediate a solution, while Millerand imposed repressive measures.
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