Jean Chapdelaine Explained
Joseph Marc Antoine Jean Chapdelaine (1914 – February 1, 2005),[1] [2] more commonly known as Jean Chapdelaine or J. A. Chapdelaine, was a Canadian diplomat who was ambassador to Sweden, Finland, Brazil, Sudan and Egypt in the 1950s and 1960s.[3] He was also an important figure in the development of Quebec Government Offices and has been called the 'Father of Quebec diplomacy'.[4]
Biography
Chapdelaine attended Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1934, studying PPE at Hertford College, Oxford.[5] [6]
Chapdelaine joined the Department for External Affairs in 1937. In 1941, he was third secretary at the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C., working for Ambassador Leighton McCarthy.[7] Chapdelaine attended the third session of the Food and Agriculture Organization conference in 1947,[8] and the second session of the interim commission of the World Health Organization in 1948.[9]
From January to July 1950, Chapdelaine was the chargé d'affaires to Ireland. From 1955 to 1959 he was the Canadian ambassador to Finland and Sweden, from 1959 to 1963 he was the ambassador to Brazil,[10] and from 1963 to 1964 he was ambassador to Sudan and Egypt (then still called the United Arab Republic).[11] From 1965, Chapdelaine became Quebec's delegate-general in Paris as part of one of the province's Government Offices, although he had hoped he would be nominated as ambassador to France.[12] [13] He held the post until 1976 when he returned to Canada to work as an adviser in the office of Premier René Lévesque. He later became Quebec's delegate-general in Brussels before retiring as a diplomat in the 1980s.
Honours
Chapdelaine received several medals and honours:
Chapdelaine was also given an honorary doctorate in social sciences from the Université Laval in 1975. Since 2006, the university has awarded the Rita and Jean Chapdelaine Scholarship in remembrance of him and his wife.[15] [16]
Notes and References
- Web site: Jean CHAPDELAINE . . . 7 February 2022. 5 February 2005.
- Web site: Chapdelaine, Joseph Marc Antoine Jean (Career) . . 5 June 2014 . 23 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20230128204608/https://w05.international.gc.ca/headsofpost/Results-Resultats.aspx?lang=eng&prsn=493. 28 January 2023.
- Web site: Pierre Gingras . Pierre Gingras . Chronique Willie, Phil, Sam ou Fred? . . 22 March 2022 . fr . 2 February 2010.
- Web site: Jean Chapdelaine (1914-2005) - Le père de la diplomatie québécoise s'éteint . . 22 March 2022 . fr . 5 February 2005.
- College Notes . . May 1961 . 48 . 1–2 . 7 February 2022.
- Web site: Jean Chapdelaine (1914 – 2005) . Ordre National Du Québec . 22 March 2022 . fr.
- Book: Lawson . L. J. . Official Congressional Directory for the 1st Session of the 77th Congress . 1941 . . 440 . 2nd . 22 March 2022.
- Web site: A. Delegates and observers attending the third session of the conference . . 7 February 2022.
- Second Session of Interim Commission, Geneva, November, 4-13, 1946 - Appendix A . . 14 February 1947 . 62 . 7 . 241 . 22 March 2022 . United States Public Health Service.
- Asa McKercher . Southern Exposure: Diefenbaker, Latin America, and the Organization of American States . . March 2012 . 93 . 1 . 64 . 10.3138/chr.93.1.57 . 22 March 2022.
- Book: Steinberg . S. H. . The Statesman's Year-Book 1964-1965 . 1964 . . 978-0-230-27093-0 . 222 . 22 March 2022.
- Book: David Meren . Strange Allies: Canada-Quebec-France Triangular Relations, 1944-1970 . October 2007 . . 22 March 2022.
- Book: Eldon Black . Eldon Pattyson Black . Direct Intervention: Canada-France Relations, 1967-1974 . 1996 . . 9780773580923 . 23 . 23 March 2022.
- Web site: Louise Beaudoin deviendra commandeur de la Légion d'honneur . . 22 March 2022 . fr . 2 August 2004.
- Web site: BOURSE RITA-ET-JEAN-CHAPDELAINE . . 22 March 2022 . fr.
- Web site: Création du Fonds de bourses Rita et Jean Chapdelaine . . 22 March 2022 . fr . 16 February 2006.
