Alain Vivien

Alain Vivien
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

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).

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 Edith Cresson in 1991-1992[4] From 1997 to 1998 he was president of the Centre contre les manipulations mentales[5]

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ Hart, K., M. Blanchot and Z. Paul. 2010. Political Writings, 1953–1993: Fordham University Press. .
  2. ↑ 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. .
  3. ↑ Tromso, N.J.R.L.A.P.R.U. 2009. Scientology: Oxford University Press, USA. .
  4. ↑ Palmer, S. 2011. The New Heretics of France: Minority Religions, la Republique, and the Government-Sponsored War on Sects: Oxford University Press, USA. .
  5. ↑ 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.