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 Socialist Party and was responsible for public education. In 2001, together with centrist Senator Nicolas About, she drafted the About-Picard law.

In 2007, Picard was found guilty of slander against the Jehovah's Witnesses. In 2009, she became a Knight of the Legion of Honour.