Roger Rousseau Explained

Roger Rousseau
Term Start:1969
Term End:1972
Office2:Ambassador to Cameroon, Chad, Gabon
Term Start2:1970
Term End2:1972
Office3:Ambassador to Dominican Republic, Venezuela
Term Start3:1977
Term End3:1981
Office4:High Commissioner to New Zealand, Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, Tuvalu, Western Samoa
Term Start4:1981
Term End4:1985
Office5:President and CEO of the Montreal Olympic Organizing Committee
Term Start5:11 September 1972
Term End5:1 August 1976
Predecessor5:Willi Daume
Successor5:Ignati Novikov (Official Representative)
1Blankname5:IOC President
1Namedata5:Lord Killanin
Office6:Chair of the Montreal Olympic Organizing Committee
Term Start6:20 March 1972
Term End6:1978
Predecessor6:Committee established
Successor6:Position dissolved
Birth Name:Charles Odilon Roger Rousseau
Birth Date:6 February 1921
Birth Place:Trois-Pistoles, Quebec
Death Place:Ottawa, Ontario
Nationality:Canadian

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.[1]

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

Diplomatic posts

Notes and References

  1. National Archives of Canada listing for documents relating to Roger Rousseau
  2. News: . A20 . 28 September 1986 . Envoy Roger Rousseau headed 1976 Olympics (obituary) . https://archive.today/20130630041416/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/475495601.html?FMT=ABS . dead . 30 June 2013 .