1. Joseph Paganon was a French chemical engineer and politician.
28 Facts About Joseph Paganon
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Joseph Paganon helped provide infrastructure needed by the alpine tourist industry in his native department of Isere, and introduced reforms to railway regulations.
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Joseph Paganon was born on 19 March 1880 in Vourey, Isere.
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Joseph Paganon's parents were Marie and Alexandre Paganon from Laval, teachers in Vourey.
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Joseph Paganon spent his childhood in Sainte-Agnes, a small mountain village, Joseph Paganon studied at the Lycee Polyvalent Vaucanson in Grenoble.
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Joseph Paganon won a scholarship that let him study at the Faculty of Science in Lyon and the School of Chemistry.
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Joseph Paganon graduated with a diploma as a chemical engineer and a Bachelor of Science.
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Joseph Paganon earned a doctorate in Chemistry with a thesis on artificial silk.
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In 1906 Joseph Paganon joined the office of the Minister of Agriculture.
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Joseph Paganon was secretary general of the National Committee of Advisers on Foreign Trade.
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Joseph Paganon became chief of staff to Jules Pams, Minister of Agriculture from 1911 to 1913.
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In 1917 Joseph Paganon was recalled to the Ministry of Agriculture, where he was chief of staff until 1918.
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Joseph Paganon ran unsuccessfully for election to the legislature on 16 November 1919.
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Joseph Paganon joined the Radical and Radical Socialist group in the chamber.
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Joseph Paganon was elected to the general council of Isere representing Goncelin in 1925.
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On 31 January 1933 Joseph Paganon was appointed Minister of Public Works in the first cabinet of Edouard Daladier.
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Joseph Paganon retained this post in the cabinets of Albert Sarraut and Camille Chautemps and the second cabinet of Daladier, which fell on 7 February 1934.
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Joseph Paganon began work on the Chambon and Sautet dams.
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Joseph Paganon anticipated a boom in winter sports and authorized construction of a new road up to the resort.
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Joseph Paganon was unable to resolve the problem of coordinating rail and road haulage without favoring one or the other.
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Joseph Paganon was appointed Minister of the Interior in the fourth cabinet of Pierre Laval on 7 June 1935.
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Joseph Paganon had to deal with growing numbers of refugees from Nazi Germany and Eastern Europe.
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Joseph Paganon observed that the HCR wanted to get France to absorb the refugees already in the country so the HCR could concentrate on placing the refugees who were continuing to flee from Germany.
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Joseph Paganon began to explore the possibility of placing refugees in farming settlements in the south of France.
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However, Joseph Paganon announced at the end of 1935 that he would consider naturalizing some refugees so they could serve in the armed forces.
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Joseph Paganon wanted to follow a humane approach that would avoid putting the refugees in concentration camps or prisons, and would allow most of them to remain in France.
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On 30 August 1935 Joseph Paganon issued a law that aimed to prevent disruption of auctions of land of bankrupt colons.
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Joseph Paganon left the Ministry of the Interior on 22 January 1936.