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Alain Vivien

Alain Vivien
Mayor
In office
1977–1983
ConstituencyCombs-la-Ville
Secretary of State
In office
1991–1992
ConstituencyFrance
Chairman, MILS
In office
1998–2002
Personal details
Born (1938-08-20) August 20, 1938 (age 86)
Melun, France
Political partyFrench Socialist Party

Alain Vivien (born August 20, 1938) is a French Socialist Party (PS) politician,[1][2] best known for chairing (1998–2002) the French Mission Interministérielle pour la Lutte contre les Sectes, MILS,[3] a ministerial organization designed to observe the activities of various religious organizations defined as "Sectes" (cults).

Early career

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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]

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References

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