Jean Dupuy (1 October 1844, Saint-Palais,

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– 31 December 1919,

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) was a French politician and media owner.

Life

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by profession, he practiced in Paris and quickly became interested in the press and in politics, taking over leadership of ''

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'' on the death of Paul Piégut in 1888. He renewed that journal's formula and its circulation continued to rise, reaching 1 million at the time of the

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. In 1891, Jean Dupuy was elected senator for Les Hautes-Pyrénées and joined the Republican Left. He thus defended the free exchange regime (which wanted to abolish the agriculture minister

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) in his journal. Named

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himself in the government of

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, from 22 June 1899 to 3 June 1902, he organized the

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and created the Office of agricultural information. He also defended the French wheat producers in the assembly during the 1900 debate into the import and export of wheat and flour. He then occupied other posts in different governments, notably that of

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(1909–1911), then Minister of Public Works, Posts and Telegraphs (1912–1913 and June 1914), and

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(1917). Commander of the

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, he was a member of the

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and the higher committee for agriculture. Reelected a député on 3 January 1909, he died in 1919 after having launched the magazine '' La Science et la Vie'' in 1913. ''Le Petit Parisien'' then exceeded a circulation of 2 million copies, the highest in the world at the time. Jean's sons Pierre and Paul Dupuy took over from him, and also created other press

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. He received the

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from the

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in early 1900.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dupuy 1844 births 1919 deaths People from Gironde French Ministers of Agriculture Transport ministers of France French Ministers of Public Works, Posts and Telegraphs Commanders of the Order of Agricultural Merit French Ministers of Commerce and Industry Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Senators of Hautes-Pyrénées