Career
After entering public service at the age of 20, Papon was quickly promoted. During the Second Cartel des gauches, in February 1931, he worked in the cabinet of the Minister of Air, the Radical-Socialist and Freemason Jean-Louis Dumesnil. He was named in the Ministry of Interior, in July 1935, before becoming chief of staff of the deputy director of departmental and communal affairs in January 1936, under Maurice Sabatier.
In June 1936, during the Popular Front government, he was attached to the cabinet of Radical-Socialist François de Tessan, under-state secretary to the presidency of the Council and a friend of his father. Papon became a member of the Ligue d'action universitaire républicaine et socialiste, of which Pierre Mendès France was also a member. He joined the Radical-Socialist youth organization.
In Camille Chautemps' government, François de Tessan was appointed as under under-state secretary to Foreign Affairs. He selected Papon as his parliamentary attaché in March 1938.
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