Roger Rousseau

Charles Odilon Roger Rousseau, CC (6 February 1921 – 26 September 1986) was a Canadian ambassador. He was also appointed Commissioner 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.^[1]

He was born in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec and died of cancer in Ottawa, Ontario. ^[2]

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

References

1. ^ (French) National Archives of Canada listing for documents relating to Roger Rousseau
2. ^ "Envoy Roger Rousseau headed 1976 Olympics (obituary)". Toronto Star. 28 September 1985. pp. A20. 

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