Marcel Cadieux | |
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| Canadian Ambassador tothe United States | |
| In office 1970–1975 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Edgar Ritchie |
| Succeeded by | Jake Warren |
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| Born | (1915-06-17)June 17, 1915 |
| Died | March 19, 1981(1981-03-19) (aged 65) Pompano Beach, Florida, U.S. |
Marcel Cadieux,CC (June 17, 1915 – March 19, 1981) was aCanadian civil servant and diplomat.
Cadieux was born inMontreal,Quebec. He studied at theCollège André Grasset, obtained a Master's degree in law from theUniversité de Montréal,[1] and studied constitutional law atMcGill University in Montreal.
Cadieux joined the Department of External Affairs in 1941,[2] served as senior adviser to Canadian members of theInternational Control Commission inVietnam in 1954, and became the legal advisor to the Department of External Affairs in 1956.
A professor of international law at theUniversity of Ottawa, he was the first Canadian to sit on theUnited Nations International Law Commission. From 1964 to 1970, he was Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs.[3][4]
Cadieux served on the negotiating committee to determine maritime boundaries with the United States.[5][1] He was Canada's firstfrancophone Ambassador to theUnited States from 1970 to 1975,[6][7] and head of the Canadian Mission to the European Communities from 1975.
He was appointed to advise theRoyal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in 1978. He also wrote several books on Canadian diplomacy.
In 1969, he was made a Companion of theOrder of Canada.
He married Anita Comtois, and they had two sons.
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