Charles Ignace Plichon information

Charles Ignace Plichon
Ignace Plichon c. 1882
Deputy for Nord (Hazebrouck)
In office 1 August 1846 – 24 February 1848
Nord General Councilor
In office 20 August 1848 – 3 June 1888
Deputy for Nord
In office 21 June 1857 – 4 September 1870
Minister of Public Works
In office 15 May 1870 – 10 August 1870
Preceded by	Auguste de Talhouët-Roy
Succeeded by	Jérôme David
Deputy for Nord
In office 8 February 1871 – 3 June 1888
President of Nord General Council
In office 19 October 1874 – 18 August 1879
Preceded by	Paul Danel
Succeeded by	Achille Testelin
Personal details
Born	(1814-06-28)28 June 1814 Bailleul, Nord, France
Died	3 June 1888(1888-06-03) (aged 73) Paris, France
Occupation	Lawyer, businessman, politician

Charles Ignace Plichon (28 June 1814 – 3 June 1888) was a French lawyer, businessman and politician. As a young man he was attracted to the social idealism of Saint-Simonianism. In 1841–42 he undertook a diplomatic and exploratory mission to the regency of Tunis, which was seeking French protection from the Turks In 1844–45 he travelled in Egypt to obtain information about the proposed Suez Canal, and returned via Palestine, Syria and Turkey. He represented Hazebrouck in the Nord department as a deputy in the last years of the July Monarchy. He avoided politics during the French Second Republic and the early years of the Second French Empire, then again represented Hazebrouck as a champion of Catholic and protectionist interests from 1857 until his death in 1888. He made a fortunate marriage through which he became President of the Compagnie des mines de Béthune. He was briefly Minister of Public Works in 1870.