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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.

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

References

  1. ^ (in French) National Archives of Canada listing for documents relating to Roger Rousseau
  2. ^ "Envoy Roger Rousseau headed 1976 Olympics (obituary)". Toronto Star. 28 September 1986. pp. A20. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.

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