Roger Rousseau

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.

Roger Rousseau
Ambassador to the Central African Republic
In office
1969–1972
Ambassador to Cameroon, Chad, Gabon
In office
1970–1972
Ambassador to Dominican Republic, Venezuela
In office
1977–1981
High Commissioner to New Zealand, Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, Tuvalu, Western Samoa
In office
1981–1985
Personal details
Born
Charles Odilon Roger Rousseau

6 February 1921
Trois-Pistoles, Quebec
Died26 September 1986 (1986-09-27) (aged 65)
Ottawa, Ontario
NationalityCanadian

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

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