Catherine Picard

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 74)
La Garenne-Colombes, France
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.

In 2007, Picard was found guilty of slander against the Jehovah's Witnesses. In 2009, she became a Knight of the Legion of Honour.

Published works

References

  1. 1 2 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). 2 January 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2015.