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Nicolas About

Mayor of Montigny-le-Bretonneux
In office 1977–2004
Succeeded by	Michel Laugier
Constituency	Montigny-le-Bretonneux
Senator from Yvelines
In office 24 September 1995 – 23 January 2011
Succeeded by	Roselle Cros
Constituency	Yvelines, France
President of the Centrist Union Group
In office 7 July 2009 – 23 January 2011
Preceded by	Michel Mercier

Personal details
Born	(1947-07-14) 14 July 1947 (age 77) France
Political party	MoDem
Residence	France

Nicolas About (born 14 July 1947) is a French politician and anti-cultist from the centrist MoDem. He was a member of the French Senate 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 on 24 September 1995 and reelected on 26 September 2004. With Catherine Picard, he helped draft the About-Picard law on 12 June 2001.

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Official page as a senator

Senators of France (2020–2023)

1 October 2020 – 1 October 2023

v t e Opposition to new religious movements
Concepts	Anti-cult movement Christian countercult movement Cult Deprogramming Doomsday cult Freedom of religion Heresy Heterodox teaching Mind control New religious movement
Secular groups	APA Task Force on Deceptive and Indirect Methods of Persuasion and Control Center for Religious Studies in the name of Hieromartyr Irenaeus of Lyons Cult Awareness Network Cult Information Centre Cultists Anonymous International Cultic Studies Association The Family Survival Trust Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales People's Organised Workshop on Ersatz Religion
Secular individuals	Jean-Marie Abgrall John Gordon Clark Steve Eichel Martin Faiers Leon Festinger Carol Giambalvo Steven Hassan Ian Haworth Galen Kelly Stephen A. Kent Masaki Kito Janja Lalich Michael Langone Saul V. Levine Casey McCann Jesse S. Miller Sayuri Ogawa Ted Patrick Tsutsumi Sakamoto Rick Ross Chris Shelton Margaret Singer Eito Suzuki Alain Vivien Cyril Vosper Louis Jolyon West Lawrence Wollersheim
Religious groups	Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry Christian Research Institute Dialog Center International Dialogue Ireland Evangelical Ministries to New Religions Institute for Religious Research Personal Freedom Outreach Midwest Christian Outreach New England Institute of Religious Research Reachout Trust Spiritual Counterfeits Project Watchman Fellowship Wellspring Retreat and Resource Center
Religious individuals	Johannes Aagaard Graham Baldwin Robert M. Bowman Jr. Harold Busséll Gérard Dagon Maurice Davis Alexander Dvorkin Ronald Enroth Mike Garde Robin Garbose Norman Geisler Jan Groenveld Hank Hanegraaff Reinhart Hummel Roger Ikor Bob Larson Paul R. Martin Walter Ralston Martin Robert Passantino
Governmental organizations	610 Office European Federation of Centres of Research and Information on Sectarianism Centre contre les manipulations mentales Union nationale des associations de défense des familles et de l'individu MIVILUDES Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France
Individuals in government	Nicolas About Serge Blisko Georges Fenech Ford Greene Stephen Mutch Catherine Picard Kenneth Robinson Paul Rose Tom Sackville Nick Xenophon
Historical events	About–Picard law Anti-Mormonism Assassination of Shinzo Abe Governmental lists of cults and sects Mass suicide of Heaven's Gate Jason Scott case Arrest of Apollo Quiboloy Persecution of Baháʼís Persecution of Falun Gong Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses The Prohibited and Unlawful Societies and Associations Act Tokyo subway sarin attack Waco siege
Publications	All Gods Children (book) Another Gospel Bounded Choice Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control Captive Hearts, Captive Minds The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions Churches That Abuse Combating Cult Mind Control Cults: Faith, Healing and Coercion Cults in Our Midst Cults of Unreason Deadly Cults The Incendiaries The Kingdom of the Cults The Making of a Moonie Misunderstanding Cults The New Vigilantes: Deprogrammers, Anti-Cultists, and the New Religions On the Edge: Political Cults Right and Left Recovery from Cults Snapping: America's Epidemic of Sudden Personality Change Strange Gods: The Great American Cult Scare Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism Twisted Scriptures When Prophecy Fails The Wrong Way Home Zealot: A Book About Cults

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