Victor_Augagneur

Victor Augagneur

Victor Augagneur

French politician

Victor Augagneur (16 May 1855 – 23 April 1931) was a French politician.[1]

Victor Augagneur

Augagneur was born in Lyon. He was the mayor of Lyon from 1900 to 1905, and represented the Independent Socialists in the Chamber of Deputies from 1904 to 1905. He was Governor of Madagascar from 1905 to 1910.

He served once again in the Chamber of Deputies, representing the Republican-Socialist Party from 1910 to 1919. He was Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telegraphs under Prime Minister Joseph Caillaux from 1911 to 1912, then (under Prime Minister Rene Viviani) Minister of National Education in 1914 and Naval Minister from 1914 to 1915.

He was Governor of French Equatorial Africa from 1920 to 1923, then returned once again to the Chamber of Deputies from 1928 to 1931, representing the Independent Radicals.

References

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    "Formulaire de recherche dans la base de données des députés français depuis 1789 - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
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