Roger Rousseau
Canadian diplomat
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| Intro | Canadian diplomat | |
| Places | Canada | |
| was | Diplomat Politician Ambassador | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 6 February 1921, Trois-Pistoles | |
| Death | 26 September 1986Ottawa (aged 65 years) |
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Biography
Charles Odilon Roger Rousseau, CC (6 February 1921 – 26 September 1986) was a Canadian ambassador, administrator and soldier. He was head of the Montreal Olympic Organizing Committee (COJO) for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, but became a prisoner of war in 1942 until the war's end.
He was born in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec and died of cancer in Ottawa, Ontario.
Diplomatic posts
- 1969–1972: Ambassador to the Central African Republic
- 1970–1972: Ambassador to Chad, Gabon, and Cameroon
- 1977–1981: Ambassador to the Dominican Republic and Venezuela
- 1981–1985: High Commissioner to New Zealand, Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Western Samoa