Alain Vivien
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 | Melun, France | August 20, 1938
Political party | French Socialist Party |
Residence | France |
Alain Vivien (born August 20, 1938 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne) is a French Socialist Party (PS) politician, best known for chairing (from 1998 to 2002) the French Mission Interministérielle pour la Lutte contre les Sectes, MILS, a ministerial organism designed to observe the activities of various religious organizations defined as "Sectes" (cults).
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 From 1997 to 1998 he was president of the Centre contre les manipulations mentales
Awards
- Leipzig Human Rights Award, May 11, 2002