Alain Vivien (born August 20, 1938) is a French

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(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''" (

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Early career

He was mayor of

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in 1977–1983 and 1989–1992. In 1983 he was elected to the

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for

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as a PS candidate. The author of a report on

requested by

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Pierre Mauroy Pierre Mauroy (; 5 July 1928 – 7 June 2013) was a French Socialist politician who was Prime Minister of France from 1981 to 1984 under President François Mitterrand. Mauroy also served as Mayor of Lille from 1973 to 2001. At the time of his de ...

in 1982, he was Secretary of State under

Édith Cresson Édith Cresson (; née Campion; born 27 January 1934) is a French politician from the Socialist Party. She served as Prime Minister of France from 1991 to 1992, the first woman to do so. She was the only woman to be prime minister until 2022, whe ...

in 1991–1992. From 1997 to 1998 he was president of the

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Awards

Leipzig Human Rights Award The Leipzig Human Rights Award is an honor given by the European-American Citizens Committee for Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the USA, which recognizes "efforts towards human rights and freedom of expression in the USA" and actions agains ...

, May 11, 2002

References

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''Pourquoi la bataille anti-sectes a échoué ?''
("Why did the fight against cults fail?") by Thomas Lardeur, '' VSD'', August 22 to 28, 2002 *

CESNUR CESNUR (Centro Studi sulle Nuove Religioni, "Center for Studies on New Religions"), is a non-profit organization based in Turin, Italy that studies new religious movements and opposes the anti-cult movement. It was established in 1988 by Massimo ...

, Anonymous, ''Innocents Abroad: French Anti-Cultists, Mission Support China’s Anti-Cult Campaign'

(Retrieved October, 2005) * ''

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'', June 19, 2002. * ''Sectes : Alain Vivien placé sous protection policière'' ''

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'', January 14, 199

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Report regarding FECRIS
by Dick Marty: Doc 10470 of 7 March 2005 {{DEFAULTSORT:Vivien, Alain 1938 births Living people People from Melun Socialist Party (France) politicians Critics of new religious movements

Early career

Awards

See also

References