Nicolas About (born 14 July 1947) is a French
politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
and
anti-cultist from the centrist
MoDem
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. He was a member of the
French Senate
The Senate (french: Sénat, ) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly (France), National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France. The French Senate is made up of 34 ...
and President of the
Centrist Union group. About was the mayor of
Montigny-le-Bretonneux from 1977 to 2004. He was elected senator of
Yvelines
Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.[Catherine Picard
Catherine Picard (born 14 August 1952) is a French politician and anti-cultist from the French Socialist Party. She was a member of the French National Assembly from 1997 to 2002.
Career
Picard was elected on 1 June 1997 for the French Sociali ...]
, he helped draft the
About-Picard law
The 2001 About-Picard law bu pika:r officially Law No. 2001-504 of June 12, 2001, aimed at strengthening the prevention and repression of sectarian movements that undermine human rights and fundamental freedoms ( fr: loi n° 2001-504 du 12 jui ...
on 12 June 2001.
External links
Official page as a senator
1947 births
Living people
Social Democratic Party (France) politicians
Union for French Democracy politicians
Democratic Movement (France) politicians
French Senators of the Fifth Republic
Senators of Yvelines
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