Alain Vivien (born August 20, 1938) is a French Socialist Party (PS) politician, best known for chairing (1998–2002) the French Mission Interministérielle pour la Lutte contre les Sectes, MILS, a ministerial organization 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 | Melun, France | August 20, 1938
Political party | French Socialist Party |
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.
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