Alain Vivien
Alain Vivien (born August 20, 1938 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne) is a French Socialist Party (PS) politician,[1][2] best known for chairing (from 1998 to 2002) the French Mission Interministérielle pour la Lutte contre les Sectes, MILS,[3] a ministerial organism designed to observe the activities of various religious organizations defined as "Sectes" (cults).
Alain Vivien | |
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| Mayor | |
| In office 1977–1983 | |
| Constituency | Combs-la-Ville |
| Secretary of State | |
| In office 1991–1992 | |
| Constituency | France |
| Chairman, MILS | |
| In office 1998–2002 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 20, 1938 Melun, France |
| Political party | French Socialist Party |
| Residence | France |
Early career
He was mayor of Combs-la-Ville in 1977-1983 and 1989-1992. In 1983 he was elected to the French National Assembly for Seine-et-Marne as a PS candidate. The author of a report on cults requested by Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy in 1982, he was Secretary of State under Édith Cresson in 1991-1992[4] From 1997 to 1998 he was president of the Centre contre les manipulations mentales[5]
Awards
- Leipzig Human Rights Award, May 11, 2002
See also
References
- Hart, K., M. Blanchot and Z. Paul. 2010. Political Writings, 1953–1993: Fordham University Press. .
- Côté, P., E. Barker and Université Laval. Groupe de recherches en sciences de la religion. 2001. Chercheurs de Dieux Dans L'espace Public: Groupe Beauchemin. .
- Tromso, N.J.R.L.A.P.R.U. 2009. Scientology: Oxford University Press, USA. .
- Palmer, S. 2011. The New Heretics of France: Minority Religions, la Republique, and the Government-Sponsored War on Sects: Oxford University Press, USA. .
- Palmer, Susan (2011-09-23). The New Heretics of France: Minority Religions, la Republique, and the Government-Sponsored War on Sects. Oxford UP. p. 17. ISBN 9780199875993.
- ^ (in French) Pourquoi la bataille anti-sectes a échoué ? ("Why did the fight against cults fail?") by Thomas Lardeur, VSD, August 22 to 28, 2002
- ^ CESNUR, Anonymous, Innocents Abroad: French Anti-Cultists, Mission Support China’s Anti-Cult Campaign (Retrieved October, 2005)
- ^ Le Parisien, June 19, 2002.
- ^ (in French) Sectes : Alain Vivien placé sous protection policière L'Humanité, January 14, 1999 .
- ^ Council of Europe, Report regarding FECRIS by Dick Marty: Doc 10470 of 7 March 2005
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