Catherine Picard
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Catherine Picard | |
|---|---|
 Catherine Picard in 2018 | |
| Member of the National Assembly for Eure's 5th constituency | |
| In office 12 June 1997 – 19 June 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Claude Asphe |
| Succeeded by | Franck Gilard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 August 1952 La Garenne-Colombes, France |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
Catherine Picard (born 14 August 1952) is a French politician and anti-cultist from the French Socialist Party. She was a member of the French National Assembly from 1997 to 2002.
Career
[edit]Picard was elected on 1 June 1997 for the French Socialist Party and was responsible for public education. In 2001, together with centrist Senator Nicolas About, she drafted the About-Picard law.[1]
In 2007, Picard was found guilty of slander against the Jehovah's Witnesses.[1] In 2009, she became a Knight of the Legion of Honour.[2]
Published works
[edit]- Fournier, Anne; Picard, Catherine (2002). Sectes, démocratie et mondialisation. Paris: Presses universitaires de France. ISBN 978-2-13-052569-1.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eileen Barker, ed. (2010). The Centrality of Religion in Social Life. Ashgate Publishing. pp. 46–47, 60. ISBN 9781409403432.
- ^ "Légion d'honneur, la promotion du Nouvel An". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 17 January 2015.
External links
[edit]- Official page at National Assembly website