Fernand Philippart

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Marie-Fernand Philippart (* 1870 in Belgium ; † 1934 ) was a Belgian industrialist and from 1919 to 1925 mayor of the southern French city of Bordeaux .

Life

Philippart owned a large oil mill in Bordeaux and also ran an import-export company. He quickly made a name for himself as "patron social" because he introduced the minimum wage and the eight-hour day in his companies without being required by law . He was subsequently elected mayor in November 1919. During his tenure, he continued his socially progressive course by founding the “Bordeaux Caisse pour allocations familiales”, an organization that gave financial support to mothers with young children. In addition, he promoted the idea of ​​extensive social security , so he said in 1921:

"The worker must be insured against illness and unemployment so that he does not have to suffer from these events, from which one cannot protect oneself."

After Philippart was not re-elected in May 1925, he founded the “Comité bordelais des Assurances Sociales” in 1928, which was supposed to provide logistical support to companies in the implementation of social insurance.

A street in Bordeaux bears his name in his honor; Gaston Veuvenot Leroux also created a bust of him, which is exhibited in the Musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ bordeaux.360cityscape.fr: "Rue Fernand Philippart" ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French, accessed January 15, 2014)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bordeaux.360cityscape.fr
  2. ^ Mary Louise Roberts: Civilization without Sexes: Reconstructing Gender in Postwar France, 1917-1927. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1994, p. 318, ISBN 0-226-72121-3 .
  3. ↑ Noel Whiteside, Robert Salai: Governance, Industry, and Labor Markets in Britain and France. The modernizing state in the mid-twentieth century. Routledge, London, 1998, p. 203, ISBN 0-415-15733-1 .
  4. ↑ cths.fr: “134e congrès, Bordeaux, 2009: Célèbres ou obscurs. Hommes et femmes dans leurs territoires et leur histoire. " (French, accessed on January 15, 2014)
  5. ↑ Joconde, Portail des collections des musées de France: Buste de Fernand Plilippart (1870–1934) (French, accessed January 15, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Philippart, Fernand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Philippart, Fernand-Marie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian industrialist and mayor of Bordeaux
DATE OF BIRTH 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Belgium
DATE OF DEATH 1934