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 , 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 (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