Catherine Picard Explained

Catherine Picard
Office:Member of the National Assembly
for Eure's 5th constituency
Term Start:12 June 1997
Term End:19 June 2002
Predecessor:Jean-Claude Asphe
Successor:Franck Gilard
Birth Date:14 August 1952
Birth Place:La Garenne-Colombes, France
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

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. In 2009, she became a Knight of the Legion of Honour.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Eileen Barker. The Centrality of Religion in Social Life. 2010. Ashgate Publishing. 46–47, 60. 9781409403432.
  2. Web site: Légion d'honneur, la promotion du Nouvel An. . 17 January 2015. fr.