Catherine Picard | |
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Member of the National Assembly for Eure's 5th constituency | |
In office 12 June 1997 –19 June 2002 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Claude Asphe |
Succeeded by | Franck Gilard |
Personal details | |
Born | La Garenne-Colombes,France | 14 August 1952
Political party | Socialist Party |
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Picard was elected on 1 June 1997 for the French Socialist Party and was responsible for public education. In 2001,together with centrist Senator Nicolas About,she drafted the About-Picard law. [1]
In 2007,Picard was found guilty of slander against the Jehovah's Witnesses. [1] In 2009,she became a Knight of the Legion of Honour. [2]
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