Jean Plichon was a French industrialist and politician.
26 Facts About Jean Plichon
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Jean Plichon remained head of the Bethune mining company and a member of the legislature or senate for most of the remainder of his life.
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Jean Ignace Alexis Winoc Plichon was born on 14 June 1863 in Bailleul, Nord.
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Jean Plichon came from a well-established bourgeois family of French Westhoek.
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Jean Plichon was the son of Charles Ignace Plichon and Marie Constance Boitelle, and brother of Pierre Plichon.
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Jean Plichon's mother was the daughter of Alexis Boitelle, one of the main founders of the coal industry in the Nord department.
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Jean Plichon then became an engineer at the Compagnie des mines de Bethune.
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On 31 March 1891 in Wavrechain-sous-Denain Jean Plichon married Jeanne Leduc.
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Two of Jean Plichon's children married into the Thiriez family, well-known textile manufacturers of the Nord.
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Jean Plichon succeeded his father as an administrator of the Compagnie des mines de Bethune.
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Jean Plichon became one of the leading industrialists of northern France, president of the Bethune, Blanzy and Sainte-Therese mining companies.
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Jean Plichon sat on the boards of industrial and banking concerns such as Mines de Kali Sainte-Therese, Forges de Denain-Anzin, Credit Industriel et Commercial, Banque Scalbert and Compagnie electrique du Nord-Ouest.
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Jean Plichon was reelected Deputy for Nord on 20 August 1893,8 May 1898,27 April 1902,6 May 1906,24 April 1910,26 April 1914 and 16 November 1919.
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Jean Plichon played an important role in the Meline commission in 1892, which implemented protective duties for wheat producers.
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In 1900 Emile Deshayes de Marcere was President of the Mines de Bethune, while Jean Plichon was secretary of the management council.
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Later the presidency returned to Jean Plichon, who dominated the mines of Blanzy and Kali Sainte-Therese.
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In 1914, despite being 51 years old Jean Plichon joined the army.
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Jean Plichon was awarded the Legion of Honour and the Croix de Guerre, and reached the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
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Jean Plichon gave up his seat in the chamber and was elected Senator for Nord from 11 January 1920 to 5 January 1924.
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In 1924 Jean Plichon was still president of the Compagnie des mines de Bethune and Louis Mercier was still director-general.
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In 1924 Jean Plichon resigned as senator in order to run again for election as a Deputy for Nord.
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Jean Plichon was among the Catholic industrialists who were well-represented in the Republican Federation, others being Francois de Wendel, Guy de Wendel and Pierre Amidieu du Clos.
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Jean Plichon was elected deputy for Nord on 11 May 1924,22 April 1928 and 8 May 1932, leaving office on 31 May 1936.
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Jean Plichon died on 22 September 1936 in Oxelaere, Nord.
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However, the Bethune mines had become a fief of the Plichons, since Jean was succeeded by his brother Pierre and nephew Jean-Pierre Plichon.
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Jean Plichon published numerous speeches, proposals for laws and parliamentary reports.