23 Facts About Paul Bluysen

Paul Luc Olivier Bluysen was a French journalist and politician.

Paul Bluysen was deputy and then senator for French India from 1910 to 1928.

Paul Bluysen's family was connected to the oldest families in Pondicherry.

Paul Bluysen was educated in Juilly, then at the Lycee Condorcet and the College Rollin in Paris.

In 1880 Bluysen founded a printing shop and published the Abeille de Seine-et-Oise.

Paul Bluysen sometimes signed his articles with the pseudonyms "Luc Olivier" or "Henri Thellier".

Paul Bluysen was helpful to many French people in India, and in 1898 was persuaded to run for election as deputy for Pondicherry.

In 1901 Paul Bluysen left the Journal des Debats and became owner and director of the Correspondance republicaine liberale.

Paul Bluysen made another attempt in the legislative elections of 24 April 1910 for French India.

Paul Bluysen promised improved education, more irrigation projects and strict neutrality between the religions.

Paul Bluysen was a member of the Committee on External Affairs, Protectorates and Colonies.

Paul Bluysen was rapporteur on the proposed Statute of Colonial Banks in 1911 and on Works to be Undertaken in French India in 1912.

Paul Bluysen presented a report on the conviction of the deputy Hegesippe Legitimus.

Paul Bluysen participated in the debate on the budget for education in Asia and Oceania.

Paul Bluysen won reelection on 26 April 1914 by a large majority through the support of Senator Etienne Flandin and of many European, Creole and Hindu councilors.

Paul Bluysen sat with the Radical Republican and Radical Socialist group.

Paul Bluysen proposed to facilitate granting citizenship to soldiers of Algeria, the colonies and protectorates.

Paul Bluysen was rapporteur of a draft law for appointment of Muslim forensic advisers to the Interministerial Commission of Muslim Affairs.

Paul Bluysen support the policy of Clemenceau and was a member of the Peace Treaty Committee.

Paul Bluysen sat with the Radical Party and Radical Socialist group.

Paul Bluysen was now less active in the chamber, but spent more time on journalism, and in 1921 became director of Actualites and of Reforme coloniale.

Paul Bluysen was elected to the Senate for French India on 1 January 1924, and held office until 1 January 1928.

Paul Bluysen died on 10 September 1928 in Le Coudray-Montceaux, Yvelines.