Victor Augagneur (16 May 1855 – 23 April 1931) was a French politician. Augagneur was born in

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. He was the

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of Lyon from 1900 to 1905, and represented the Independent Socialists in the

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from 1904 to 1905. He was Governor of

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from 1905 to 1910. He served once again in the Chamber of Deputies, representing the

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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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Augagneur, Victor 1855 births 1931 deaths Republican-Socialist Party politicians Independent Radical politicians French Ministers of Public Works, Posts and Telegraphs Members of the 8th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 10th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 11th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 14th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Mayors of Lyon French people of World War I