Catherine Picard
Appearance
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Catherine Picard | |
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![]() PICARD, Catherine, former representative, MP, (France) | |
Member, French National Assembly | |
In office 1 June 1997 – 8 June 2002 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Hauts-de-Seine, France | 14 August 1952
Political party | French 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
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 Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.[2]
Published works
- Fournier, Anne; Picard, Catherine (2002). Sectes, démocratie et mondialisation. Paris: Presses universitaires de France. ISBN 978-2-13-052569-1.
References
- ^ 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" (in French). La Croix. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
External links
- Official page at National Assembly website