Daniel Mandon

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. He defeated Communist Party member Charles Fiterman. He supported the Plan Juppé, 1995, 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 Conseil d'architecture, d'urbanisme et de l'environnement 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 (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)
 * Knight of the Legion of Honour (1997)
 * Commander of the Ordre des Palmes académiques
 * Officer of the Order of Agricultural Merit