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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 byJean-Claude Asphe
Succeeded byFranck Gilard
Personal details
Born (1952-08-14) 14 August 1952 (age 71)
La Garenne-Colombes, France
Political partySocialist 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 Knight of the Legion of Honour.[2]

Published works

References

  1. ^ a b Eileen Barker, ed. (2010). The Centrality of Religion in Social Life. Ashgate Publishing. pp. 46–47, 60. ISBN 9781409403432.
  2. ^ "Légion d'honneur, la promotion du Nouvel An". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 17 January 2015.

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